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Game, Bird 
and Fish Laws 
o/ Wyoming 



1915-1916 



NATE P. WILSON 

State Game Warden. Lander 

Wyoinaig 



Itate Game Commission 

Kendrick Cheyenne 

Houx Cheyenne 

. Forsyth Cheyenne 

State Game Warden 

Wilson La 

E. Allen, Clerk La 

Assistant State Game Warden*! 

Carl Hammitt Coay 

Wm. H, Seebohm Kelly 

C. P. Sorensen Rock Springs 

Chas. T. Snyder Douglas 

Fred Schmidt Newcastle 

A. W. Webb Riverton 

Frank S. Smith Dubois 




Game, Bird 

and Fish Laws 

of Wyoming 



1915-1916 



Compiled by 

FRANK L. HOUX 
Secretary of State 



Wyoming Labor Journal Co. 
Cheyenne, Wyoming 



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NOTICE 

All communications adressed to this 
office are treated as "strictly confiden- 
tial," and under no condition will the 
contents be given out or used as evi- 
dence without the consent of the 
writer. I will certainly appreciate the 
co-operation of all good citizens in 
securing evidence against game vio- 
lators, and I assure you that every case 
reported to this department will be 
carefully investigated. Bear this in 
mind. Help protect our game. 
Respectfully, 
NATE P. WILSON, 
State Game Warden. 



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GAME LAWS 



[From the Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1910, 
and the Session Laws of 1911, 1913, and 
1915.] 

Sec. 2722. Ownership in State. All 

wild animals and wild birds, both resi- 
dent and migratory, in this state shall 
be, and are hereby declared to be the 
property of the state. 

Sec. 1. State Game Commission — 
Who Compose. A state game commis- 
sion is hereby created, consisting of 
the governor, secretary of state and 
auditor of state. The governor shall 
be president of the state game com- 
mission, and shall call such meetings 
thereof as may be necessary for the 
transaction of its business. The com- 
mission shall elect one of their num- 
ber who shall act as secretary of the 
commission. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 2. Duties — Shall Have Super- 
vision. The state game commission 
shall have general supervision of the 
game animals and birds of the state 
of Wyoming, and the propagation, pro- 
tection, disposition and distribution 
thereof. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 3. Permits to Scientific Insti- 
tutes. The state/ gam« commission 
may grant a permit to the agents of 
the Smithsonian Institute or other well 
known scientific institutions, to capture 
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and ship out of this state game animals 
and birds for scientific purposes. [L. 
1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 4. Permits to Taxidermists. 

The state game commission may grant 
permits to bona-fide taxidermists to 
capture, collect and mount, under the 
supervision of the game warden or his 
assistants, game or game in families for 
institutions within the state of Wyo- 
ming for educational or scientific pur- 
poses. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 5. Distribution of Game. The 

state game commission may direct the 
state game warden to capture any of 
the game animals of this state, in locali- 
ties where species of game animals are 
sut?iciently abundant, and transport the 
same within localities of this state 
where such species are scarce or ab- 
sent, to be there liberated. [L. 1911, 
Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 40. Exchange of Game Animals 
and Birds — ^Appropriation. The state 
game commission may authorize the 
capture of any of the game animals of 
this state and permit the same to be 
transported out of the state in ex- 
change for such game animals or birds 
as in its judgment shall be adapted to 
the climate and conditions of this state, 
and it shall have power to expend an- 
nually, from the general fund of the 
state, the sum of four thousand dollars, 
or so much thereof as is necessary to 
pay the expenses of transporting the 
animals and birds as contemplated in 
this Section and Sections 5 and 9 of 

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Z;hapter 66 of the Session Laws of Wyo- 
ming, 1911. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

[For Sections 5 and 9, Ch. 66, S. L. 
1911, see Section 5, page 4, and Sec- 
ion 9, p. 5, of this pamphlet.] 

Sec. 7. Reward. The state game 
:ommission may offer a reward not ex- 
:eeding three hundred dollars for evi- 
lence leading to the arrest and convic- 
;ion of any person or persons violating 
section 27 71 of the Compiled Statutes 
Df Wyoming, 1910, and the said reward 
,vhen properly certified to by the state 
2;ame commission shall be paid out of 
:he general funds of the stale. [L. 
1911, Ch. 66.] [See p. 38.] 

Sec. 8. Purchase of Feed for Game 
\nimals. The State game commission 
>hall make suitable provision for the 
'eeding of the game animals of this 
state, in such localities as it may deem 
necessary, during the whole or a por- 
tion of the winter season of each year; 
ind the state game commission may ex- 
pend annually the sum of five thousand 
dollars, out of the general fund of the 
state, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, for the purchase of hay and 
the expense of feeding such game ani- 
mals; the feeding of said game animals 
to be under the supervision of the state 
game warden or his assistant. [L. 
1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 9. Disposition of Surplus Game. 
If in the judgment of the state game 
commission there are more game in any 
locality within this state than can be 
successfully wintered in that locality, 
the state game commission shall, be- 
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tween the first day of December, and 
the last day of March, order and direct 
the state game warden to capture and 
make such distribution of the excess 
of game as in the judgment of the game 
commission is to the best interest of 
the state for the preservation of the 
game. [L. 1911, Ch. 66.] 

Sec. 2723. Game Warden — Appoint- 
ment. The governor shall appoint a 
suitable person to serve as state game 
warden, whose duty shall be to pro- 
tect the game and fish of this state, 
and to enforce the laws relating there- 
to. 

Sec. 2724. Term of Office. The 
state game warden shall hold his office 
for four years and until his successor 
is appointed and qualified. 

Sec. 2725. Bond. Before entering 
upon the duties of his office the state 
game warden shall execute a bond to 
the state of Wyoming in the penal sum 
of three thousand dollars (13,000.00), 
conditioned for the faithful perform- 
ance of his duties, and his bond shall 
be approved by the governor. 

Sec. 2726. For Neglect of Duty the 
Governor May Remove Warden. The 

governor shall have power at any time 
to remove the state game warden for 
misconduct or neglect of his duties, 
upon written charges duly preferred, 
but the state game warden shall be 
heard in his own defense. 

Sec. 2727. Duties of Game Warden. 

The state game warden shall be an 
active executive officer, and shall at all 

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times when possible take the field in 
person, in the performance of his 
duties. He shall personally supervise 
the protection of all game, and the 
direction and punishment of violators 
of the game and fish laws. He shall 
act as the secretary of the state game 
commission and shall execute the or- 
ders of the state game commission. 
[L. 1911, Ch..66, § 10.] 

Sec. 2729. Warden May Employ 
Attorney. The State game warden is 
hereby authorized to employ an at- 
torney to prosecute violators of the 
game and fish laws, when deemed nec- 
essary; such attorney to be paid from 
the general fund of the state, after his 
accounts have been approved by the 
state game commission; Provided, That 
not more than five hundred dollars per 
annum be expended for such attorney 
fees. [L. 1911, Ch. 66, § 11.] 

Sec. 2. Reports of Game Warden, 
Assistants and Deputies. The state 
game warden shall be required to make 
an annual report to the governor, and 
shall from time to time make reports 
of his acts and furnish information re- 
lating to the condition of the game ani- 
mals and game birds of this state to 
the state game commission. The bi- 
ennial report of the state game warden, 
as contemplated by Section 262 of the 
Compiled Statutes of Wyoming, 19 10, 
shall consist of copies of his annual re- 
ports to the governor for the two years 
immediately preceding and up to and 
including December 3 1st immediately 
preceding the meeting of the legisla- 
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ture, and such report may be filed not 
later than January 1st immediately pre- 
ceding the meeting of the legislature. 
All assistant and deputy game wardens 
shall be required to report monthly to 
the state game warden. [L. I9l5, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 3. Game Warden's Salary and 
Contingent. The State game warden 
shall be paid the sum of two thousand 
dollars per annum, payable monthly, 
from the general fund of the state, and 
shall be allowed the sum of one thou- 
sand five hundred dollars per annum 
for necessary contingent expenses inci- 
dent to the performance of his duties, 
payable from the general fund of the 
state. Said contingent expenses shall 
be paid upon vouchers approved by 
the state game commission. He shall 
devote his entire time to the duties of 
his office. [L. I9l5, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 4. Assistants and Deputies. 

The state game warden is hereby au- 
thorized and directed to appoint, with 
the approval of the state game commis- 
sion, seven assistant game wardens in 
different portions of the state. The 
said assistant game wardens shall each 
be appointed for a term of two years 
and shall each receive a salary of one 
thousand two hundred dollars per an- 
num, payable in monthly installments. 
They shall devote all of their time to 
the duties of their office under the di- 
rection of the state game warden. They 
shall each be allowed the sum of five 
hundred dollars per annum for neces- 
sary contingent expenses incident to 
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the performance of their duties. Said 
contingent expenses shall be paid upon 
vouchers approved by the state game 
warden and the state game commis- 
sion. The state game warden is hereby 
authorized and directed to appoint, 
with the approval of the state game 
commission, one or more deputy game 
wardens, as the emergency may de- 
mand, in any county of this state, said 
deputy game wardens to be paid not 
less than three dollars nor more than 
four dollars per day, in the discretion 
of the state game warden, for actual 
service rendered as such wardens. 

The state game warden is hereby 
authorized and directed to appoint, with 
the approval of the state game com- 
mission, one or more deputy game 
wardens, as the emergency may de- 
mand, in any county of this state, said 
deputy game wardens to receive no 
pay for their services other than the 
commission for the sale of such game 
and fish licenses prescribed by law. 
[L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 41. Clerk — Salary. The state 
game warden is hereby authorized and 
directed to appoint with the approval 
of the state game commission, one 
clerk, who shall be stationed in the 
office of the state game warden and 
shall perform the duties of such office 
under the direction of the state game 
warden. Said clerk shall be appointed 
for a term of two years and shall re- 
ceive a salary of ^1,200.00 per an- 
num, paid in monthly installments, 
upon vouchers approved by the state 
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game warden and state game commis- 
sion. [L. 1913, Ch. 121.] 

Sec. 2733. Salaries — How Paid. All 

salaries of assistant and deputy game 
wardens shall be paid out of the gen- 
eral fund of the state, after the ac- 
counts have been approved by the state 
game commission." [L. 191 1, Ch. 66, 
§ 14.] 

Sec. 2734. Bond. The assistant 
game wardens shall each execute a bond 
to the state of Wyoming in the penal 
sum of five hundred dollars (^500.00) 
each, conditioned for the faithful per- 
formance of their duties; said bond to 
be approved by and filed with the state 
game warden. Their commissions may 
be revoked at any time for good and 
sufficient cause, by the state game war- 
den. 

[See also Sec. 6, Ch. 91, S. L. I9l5, 
on p. 12.] 

Sec. 2735. Warden, Assistants and 
Deputies May Arrest Without Warrant. 

The state game warden and assistant 
and deputy game wardens and all sher- 
iffs and constables are authorized to ar- 
rest without warrant, any person or 
persons found violating any of the pro- 
visions of the game or fish laws, when 
detected in the act or found with game 
fish unlawfully in their possession at 
the time of arrest. The state game 
warden and all assistants and deputy 
game wardens duly appointed, shall 
have full power and are hereby author- 
ized to execute and preserve all war- 
rants, search warrants, subpoenas, com- 
mitments, and all other writs and legal 
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processes issued for the violation of 
the game and fish laws of this state, 
or in the trial of offenses against said 
laws, or any provision supplementary 
thereto. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 1.] 

Sec. 2736. Deputies Without Pay. 
Persons employed in this state by the 
federal government, for the protection 
of the various national forests, and 
employees of the Biological survey, and 
any reputable citizen may be appointed 
deputy game warden without pay or 
bond and at the pleasure of the state 
game warden, and it is hereby declared 
by the legislature of the state of Wyo- 
ming, that the various officers of the 
National Forest and Biological Survey 
under the Department of Agriculture 
of the United States, shall not be in- 
compatible with the' office of deputy 
game warden within the meaning of 
Section 19, of Article 6, of the con- 
stitution of the state of Wyoming. [L. 
1913, Ch. 121, § 2.] 

Sec. 2737. List of Assistants and 
Deputies to Be Filed with Governor. 

The state game warden shall file with 
the governor of this state, a list of 
all assistants and deputy game wardens 
appointed by him. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, 
§ 3.] 

Sec. 5. Neglect of Duty by Game 
Warden and Others. Whenever the at- 
tention of the state game warden or 
any assistant or deputy game warden, 
sheriflF, constable or deputy sheriff, is 
called to any violation of the pxovisions 
of the game or fish laws of this state, 
and he shall fail to take proper steps 
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for the arrest and conviction of any 
person or persons, company or cor- 
poration, charged with such violation, 
he shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined in a sum not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than two hun- 
dred dollars. [L. I9l5, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 6. Licenses Issued by Whom. 

All justices of the peace, assistant and 
deputy game wardens are hereby au- 
thorized to issue game or fishing li- 
censes, or guide certificates, which are 
issued to them by the state game war- 
den, and they shall each give a suffi- 
cient bond in an amount as the state 
game warden may direct, conditioned 
for the proper accounting for and 
turning over of the proceeds from the 
sale of all game or fishing licenses, and 
guide certificates which may be placed 
in their hands, and the proper account- 
ing for and turning over of all unused 
and spoiled licenses and certificates, in- 
cludinp^ all stubs of licenses and certifi- 
cates, to the state game warden. They 
shall pay all moneys that may come 
into their hands from the sale of such 
licenses and certificates, to the state 
treasurer. The bond provided for in 
this section shall be issued by a surety 
company authorized to do business in 
this state and the premium on said 
bonds shall be paid from the state game 
fund upon vouchers approved by the 
state game warden. To carry out the 
purpose of this section, any assistant or 
deputy game warden who shall have 
furnished the bond provided for in this 
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section, shall have authority to admin- 
ister oaths required by the provisions 
of the game or fish laws of this state, 
if any, relating to the issuances of li- 
censes to hunt. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 7. Game Animals Not to Be 
Trapped or Used for Beut. It shall be 
unlawful for any person or peisons to 
kill, wound or capture any moose, elk, 
deer, antelope or mountain sheep, or 
any of the game birds of this state 
by means of any pit, pitfall, net, trap, 
deadfall, or by any other similar device, 
and it shall be unlawful for any person 
or persons to use any specimen or 
specimens of a game animal or game 
bird of this state for bait for the pur- 
pose of trapping predatory animals 
within this state. Any person convict- 
ed of violating the provisions of this 
section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall be punished by a 
fine of not less than fifty dollars nor 
more than one hundred and fifty dol- 
lars, and by imprisonment in the county 
jail for not less than thirty days nor 
more than six months. [L. 191 5, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 8. Game Birds — Open Season. 

It shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to shoot or kill any of the 
game birds of this state commonly 
known as snipe, sandpipers, plovers, 
tatlers, willets, curlew, godwits, avo- 
cets, coots, mudhens, ducks and geese, 
except from September l5th to De- 
cember I6th, inclusive, of each year. 
Provided, that rails may be shot only 
during the months of September, Octo- 

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ber and November of each year. Pro- 
vided further, that in Carbon county, 
curlew, mudhens, ducks and geese may 
be killed from September 1st to De- 
cember I6th of each year. Any per- 
son convicted of violating the pro- 
visions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than ten 
dollars nor more than fifty dollars. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 9. Sage-chickens, Grouse, Pheas- 
ants, Quail — Number Permitted. It 
shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to shoot or kill any of the 
game birds of this state commonly 
known as sage-hens or sage-chickens, 
except from August 1st to September 
1st, inclusive, of each year. Provided, 
that all grouse, not including sage-hens 
or sage-chickens as hereinbefore speci- 
fied, may be lawfully shot or killed only 
from September 1st to November iSth, 
inclusive, of each year. Provided, that 
it shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to kill any Mongolian pheasant 
or quail until the year 1919, when the 
killing of such birds shall be allowed 
only during the open season for sage- 
hens or sage-chickens. Provided, fur- 
ther, that it shall be unlawful for any 
person to kill more than eighteen game 
birds of this state in any one day, and 
not more than six shall be sage-hens, 
sage-chickens or grouse, and it shall 
be unlawful for any person to have 
more than eighteen game birds in his 
or her possession in any one day, and 
not more than six shall be sage-hens, 

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sage-chickens or grouse. Provided, 
that but two sage-hens or sage-chickens 
shall be killed or allowed in the pos- 
session of any person in the counties 
of Laramie and Sheridan in any one day. 
Provided, that this section shall apply 
only to persons hunting legally. Any 
person convicted of violation of the 
provisions of this section shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than ten dollars nor more than fifty 
dollars. [L. I9l5, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2745. Swan Protected. It shall 
be unlawful for any person or per- 
sons to kill any wild swan in this state 
at any time. Any person convicted 
of violation of the provisions of this 
section shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall be punished by 
a fine of not less than twenty-five dol- 
lars, nor more than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 10. Moose and Antelope — Elk 
and Mountain Sheep. It shall be un- 
lawful for any person or persons to kill 
any moose or antelope, or to sell or 
have in their possession any moose or 
antelope or parts thereof that were 
killed in this state, until the open sea- 
son for other game animals in 1919, 
when only one male moose and one 
antelope may be killed by any person 
hunting legally. Provided, that during 
the open season of I9l5-19l6, there 
may be killed under special license, is- 
sued under the state game warden, fifty 
fully matured bull moose, and the pos- 
session of any moose or part of the 
same killed under said special license 
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shall be lawful. It shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons to kill or 
wound any elk or mountain sheep in 
any part of this state, except in Lin- 
coln, Park and Fremont counties. Pro- 
vided, that it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to kill or wound 
any elk in that part of Fremont county 
which lies north of Big Wind river and 
south of Sweetwater river. Provided, 
further, that it shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons to kill or wound 
any elk within the boundaries of the 
Bridger National Forest in this state, 
until the open season on game animals 
in 1919. Any person convicted of vio- 
lation of the provisions of this section 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and shall be punished by a fine 
of not less than one hundred dollars, 
or by imprisonment in the county jail 
for not less than thirty days nor more 
than six months, or by both such fine 
and imprisonment, in the discretion of 
the court. [L. I9l5, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 11. Open Seasons for Elk, 
Mountain Sheep and Deer. It shall be 
unlawful for any person or persons to 
hunt, wound or kill any elk or moun- 
tain sheep in this state, except from 
September 1st to November iSth, in- 
clusive, of each year, and it shall be 
unlawful for any person or persons to 
hunt, wound, pursue or kill any deer 
within this state, except from October 
1st to November l5th, inclusive, of 
each year. Provided, that in Sheridan, 
Campbell, Johnson, Crook, Weston and 
Niobrara counties it shall be unlawful 
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for any person or persons to hunt, 
wound, pursue oi kill any deer ex- 
cept from October l5th to October 
3 1st, inclusive, of each year. Provid- 
ed, further, that no person may kill 
more than one matured male mountain 
sheep and one deer in this state during 
the open season thereon, and this sec- 
tion shall apply only to persons hunt- 
ing legally. Provided, that in that par- 
ticular territory, situated in Lincoln 
county and in cattle districts Numbers 
1, 3 and 5, which embraces all that 
portion of the Wyoming National For- 
est lying west and south of the Fall 
River Divide; commonly known as the 
Fall River Rim or Crest. The hunting 
period will be from October Sth to No- 
vember 3 0th, of each year. Any per- 
son convicted of violation of the pro- 
visions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than one hun- 
drer dollars, or by imprisonment in 
the county jail for not less than thirty 
days nor more than three months, or 
by both such fine and imprisonment, 
in the discretion of the court. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 1. Elk Damaging Personal Prop- 
erty. The state game warden, his as- 
sistants and deputies, are hereby author- 
ized to kill any elk that the state game 
warden deems in his judgment are do- 
ing damage to personal property at 
any season of the year. The carcasses, 
heads and hides from elk so killed shall 
be sold at public sale to the best inter- 
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ests of the state and the money derived 
from the sale of such shall be placed 
in the state treasury. [L. I9l5, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 2748. Bear Hunter's License. 
Bear License. It shall be unlawful for 
any non-resident person to hunt, pur- 
sue, trap or kill any bear in this state 
without having first procured a "bear 
hunter's license," which shall be is- 
sued to him as other licenses upon the 
payment of the sum of ten dollars. 
[L. 1911, Ch. 66, § 23.] 

Sec. 12. Number of Game Animals 
That May Be Killed. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to kill more than two 
elk, one deer and one matured male 
mountain sheep in any one year; also 
one fully matured bull moose, and the 
limit herein specified shall apply only 
to persons hunting legally. Any per- 
son convicted of violation of the pro- 
visions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than 
fifty dollars nor more than one hun- 
dred and fifty dollars, or by imprison- 
ment in the county jail for not less 
than thirty days nor more than six 
months, or by both such fine and im- 
prisonment. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2751. License to Hunt Game 
Animals. It shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to hunt, pursue, or 
kill any of the game animals of this 
state without having first procured a 
license entitling such person or per- 
sons to do so. Every act of pursuing 
or killing any of the game animals with- 
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out such license, shall be considered a 
distinct and separate offense. Any per- 
son convicted of violation of the pro- 
visions of this section shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than sev- 
enty-five dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
in the county jail for not less than 
thirty days nor more than six months, 
or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
[L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 8.] 

Sec. 14. Failure to Produce License. 

The failure of any person hunting the 
game animals and game birds, or fish- 
ing within the waters of this state, to 
produce the necessary and proper li- 
cense to engage in such hunting and 
fishing, when requested to do so by 
an authorized officer, shall be prima 
facie evidence of the violation of the 
provisions of Section 31 and 3 2 of this 
Chapter and Section 23 of Chapter 66, 
Session Laws of Wyoming, 1911. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] [See pp. 18, 45, 46.] 

Sec. 15. Resident Hunter's and Game 
Bird Licenses. Any person who is a 
bona fide elector of this state or the 
child or legal ward of a bona fide elec- 
tor of this state, over the age of fifteen 
years, or a soldier or a sailor who is 
a bona fide elector of the United States 
and has been stationed at a government 
post within this state for one year past, 
or a non-resident having property in 
this state on which he or she pays 
taxes to the amount of ^100.00 or 
over, annually, or an officer employed 
in this state by the National Forest 
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Service, upon making application to 
any qualified justice of the peace, as- 
sistant or deputy game warden, and 
upon furnishing satisfactory proof that 
such person is a bona fide elector of 
this state, or the child or legal ward 
of a bona fide elector of this state, 
over the age of fifteen years, or a sol- 
dier or a sailor who is a bona fide elec- 
tor of the United States and has been 
stationed at a government post within 
this state for one year past, or a non- 
resident having propeity in this state 
on which he or she pays taxes to the 
amount of ^100.00 or over, annually, 
or an officer employed in this state by 
the National Forest Service, and upon 
the payment of two dollars and fifty 
cents to said justice of the peace, as- 
sistant or deputy game warden, shall be 
entitled to receive a resident hunter's 
license, which license shall permit such 
person to pursue, hunt and kill one 
elk, one deer and one matured male 
mountain sheep and the game birds, 
during the current season, under the 
restrictions imposed by the laws of this 
state; or, upon the payment of one 
dollar to said justice of the peace, as- 
sistant or deputy game warden, shall, 
if over the age of fourteen years, be 
entitled to receive a game bird license, 
which license shall entitle such person 
to kill any of the game birds during the 
current season, under the restrictions 
imposed by the laws of this state. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 16. Resident Hunter's Special 
License — Bull Moose License. Any 
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person who shall have complied with 
the provisions of Section l5 of this 
Chapter shall, at any time during the 
open season on large game, upon the 
payment of $10.00 to any officer au- 
thorized to issue game licenses, be en- 
titled to receive a resident hunter's 
special license, which license shall en- 
title the person to whom the same is 
issued, to pursue, hunt and kill one elk 
in addition to the game animals he is 
permitted to kill under his resident 
hunter's license. Provided, further, 
there shall be issued a special bull 
moose license, the cost of which shall 
be one hundred dollars ($100.00). 
Said license shall entitle the holder 
thereof, to kill one fully matured bull 
moose, under the following restric- 
tions: Parties holding such license 
must be accompanied by a deputy war- 
den appointed by the state game war- 
den and who shall receive for such 
work the sum of four dollars per day. 
The above is to be paid by the holder 
of said moose license. [L. 191 5, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 17. Non-resident Gunner's and 
Hunter's Licenses. Any person who is 
not a bona fide elector of this state, 
or the child or legal ward of a bona 
elector of this state, or a soldier 
or sailor who is a bona fide elector of 
the United States, and has been sta- 
tioned at a government post within this 
state for one year past, or a non-resi- 
dent having property in this state on 
which he or she pays taxes to the 
amount of one hundred dollars or over, 
annually, but who shall be a citizen of 
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the United States or a free-holder in 
this state, shall, upon the payment of 
five dollars to any justice of the peace, 
assistant or deputy game warden of this 
state, be entitled to receive from such 
officer a gunner's license, which license 
shall permit such person to kill any 
of the game birds and catch the fish 
of this state during the current season, 
under the restrictions imposed by the 
laws of this state. Any person who 
is not a bona fide elector of this state, 
or the child or legal ward of the 
bona fide elector of this state, or a 
soldier or a sailor who is a bona fide 
elector of the United States and has 
been stationed at a government post 
within this state for one year past, 
or a non-resident having property in 
this state on which he or she pays 
taxes to the amount of ^100.00 or 
over, annually, or an officer employed 
in this state by the National Forest Ser- 
vice, shall, upon the payment of 
^SO.OO to any justice of the peace, 
assistant or deputy game warden, be 
entitled to receive from such officer 
a non-resident hunter's license, which 
license shall permit such person to kill 
two elk, one deer and one matured 
male mountain sheep and other game 
animals and game birds and catch the 
fish of this state, during the current 
season, under the restrictions imposed 
by the laws of this state. Provided that 
any non-resident who has complied 
with the above may upon application 
to the state game warden, be issued a 
special Bull Moose License, which shall 
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cost the holder thereof the sum of one 
hundred dollars, not more than one 
such license, shall be issued to each 
applicant. Said holder thereof to be 
accompanied by special game warden 
and who shall receive for such work 
the sum of four dollars per day. The 
above to be paid by the holder of said 
bull moose license. [L. l9lS, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 13. Alien's Gun and Fish Li- 
cense. There is hereby created a spe- 
cial gun and fish license for aliens. No 
person, not a bona fide citizen of the 
United States, shall own or have in his 
possession, in the state of Wyoming, 
any gun, pistol or other firearm, or 
any fishing tackle, without first having 
obtained the specified license therefor, 
which such special gun and fish license 
shall cost the owner the sum of twenty- 
five dollars and shall expire on Decem- 
ber 3 1st of each year after date of 
issuance thereof; provided, however, 
that this section shall not apply to one 
who has obtained a fifty dollar hunting 
license issued under the provisions of 
Section l7 of this act. Provided fur- 
ther, that the provisions of this section 
shall not apply to any alien who is a 
bona fide resident of the state of Wyo- 
ming, and a bona fide freeholder in the 
state of Wyoming, or one who pays 
taxes in any county of this state in ex- 
cess of the sum of one hundred dollars, 
or to any settler on the public lands 
of the United States or the state of 
Wyoming and who shall have initiated 
proceedings to acquire title thereto un- 
der the several acts of Congress or the 
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laws of the state of Wyoming, nor shall 
it apply to persons engaged in tending 
or herding sheep or other animals in 
herd or on the open range when in ac- 
tive employment. Any alien of the 
United States who shall have in his 
possession or under his control any 
gun or pistol or other firearm, or any 
fishing tackle, without having taken out 
and being at the time in possession of 
a license as herein provided shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than twenty-five dollars and not more 
than one hundred dollars, and in the 
event that such fine and costs are not 
paid shall be imprisoned in the county 
jail until such fine and costs are paid 
at the rate of one dollar per day. It 
shall be the duty of the state game 
warden, his assistants and deputies, and 
all other peace officers in the state of 
Wyoming, to search for and take into 
their possession any gun, pistol or oth- 
er firearm, or fishing tackle, found in 
the possession of any alien not entitled 
to hold or possess the same, and to 
sell the same, destroy or otherwise dis- 
pose of the same upon order of any 
justice of the peace or District Court 
of the state of Wyoming, or a judge 
or District Court commissioner thereof. 
Provided that any moneys derived from 
fines or moneys collected under this 
section shall, when the arrests are made 
by the state game warden, his assistants 
or his deputies, be paid over to the 
state game fund, and all fines and other 
moneys collected under the provisions 
of this section, when the arrest is made 
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by peace officers shall be paid into the 
school fund of the county where said 
offense is committed. [L. I9l5, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 2760. Form of License Pre- 
scribed by State Game Warden. Each 
license permitting the hunting and kill- 
ing of the game animals or birds, of this 
state shall be of a form prescribed by 
the state game warden, who shall cause 
the same to be printed and distributed 
to the officers authorized by law to 
issue such licenses. Every act of pur- 
suing, hunting or killing any of the 
game animals or birds, of this state 
without a license, shall be considered a 
distinct and separate offense. [L. 1913, 
Ch. 121, § 12.] 

Sec. 24. Sale or Shipment of Game. 
Game Specimen Defined — Game Tags. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to 
sell, barter or dispose of for any pecuni- 
ary consideration or advantage, or to 
obtain by sale or barter any edible por- 
tion or portions of any game animal or 
game bird or fish of this state. It is 
hereby declared that for the purpose of 
this act, a game specimen shall include 
and cover any carcass, or any part 
thereof, or any hide, tusk, scalp or head, 
whether mounted or unmounted, or any 
full life-sized mount, of any of the game 
animals or game birds of this state. 
It shall be unlawful to ship or trans- 
port, or to receive for shipment or 
transportation out of this state, any 
game specimen, . as hereinbefore de- 
fined, or any beaver hide, or beaver 
hides, unless the same shall first be 
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tagged with a Wyoming game tag. It 
shall be unlawful to ship or transport, 
by common carrier, or to receive for 
shipment or transportation by common 
carrier from one point in this state to 
another point in this state, any game 
specimen, as hereinbefore, defined, or 
any beaver hide, or beaver hides, unless 
the same shall first be tagged with a 
Wyoming game tag. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to deliver to any 
taxidermist or other person for mount- 
ing, or for any taxidermist or other 
person to receive or have in his pos- 
session for mounting, any game speci- 
men, as hereinbefore defined, or any 
beaver hide, or beaver hides, unless 
the same shall first be tagged with a 
Wyoming game tag. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to give away any 
game specimen, as hereinbefore defined, 
or for any person to receive any such 
game specimen, unless the same shall 
first be tagged with a Wyoming game 
tag. Provided, that it shall be lawful 
for any person to sell or barter, ex- 
change any beaver hide or beaver hides, 
or any game specimen or specimens of 
any game animal of this state lawfully 
killed or taken, but such beaver hide 
or beaver hides, or game specimen or 
specimens, shall first be tagged with a 
Wyoming game tag. Any person con- 
victed of violation of the provisions 
of this section shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor and shall be pun- 
ished by a fine of not less than twenty 
dollars nor more than, one hundred dol- 
lars, or shall be imprisoned in the coun- 
ty jail for not less than twenty days 
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nor more than sixty days, or may be 
punished by both such fine and impris- 
onment. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 25. Game Tags. Any person 
desiring a game specimen or beaver 
hide tagged for any of the purposes 
contained in Section 24 of this chapter, 
shall comply with the following pro- 
visions: 

Such person shall make an affidavit 
before any justice of the peace author- 
ized to issue Wyoming game tags, stat- 
ing that the game specimen or beaver 
hide is from an animal or bird taken 
or killed in accordance with the law; 
the time when, the place where, ap- 
proximately, and the person by whom 
such animal or bird was taken or killed. 
Said affidavit shall also state the name 
of the person to whom said game speci- 
men or beaver hide will be shipped or 
delivered, and the place where said 
game specimen or beaver hide will be 
shipped or delivered; and if the game 
specimen be an edible portion of the 
game animal or bird, then said affidavit 
shall state that such edible portion of 
such game animal or bird is not being 
sold or disposed of for any pecuniary 
consideration. 

Such person shall then pay to the 
said justice of the peace a fee of twen- 
ty-five cents, whereupon the justice 
of the peace shall then attach to the 
game specimen or beaver hide a Wyo- 
ming game tag and seal, which tag and 
seal shall entitle the person to ship or 
transport, or receive for shipment or 
transportation out of this state such 

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game specimen or beaver hide; or such 
tag will entitle the person to ship or 
transport by common carrier from one 
point within this state to any other 
point within this state, such game speci- 
men or beaver hide, or to deliver to 
any taxidermist or other person for 
mounting, or to have in his possession 
such mounted game specimen, or to 
sell, barter, exchange or dispose of for 
any pecuniary consideration or profit 
any beaver hide, or any game specimen 
except an edible game specimen, of 
which such sale, barter, exchange and 
disposition of for a pecuniary consider- 
ation or profit is hereinbefore prohib- 
ited. 

The state game warden shall keep a 
strict record of all Wyoming game tags 
issued by him to the justices of the 
peace, and said justices of the peace 
shall keep a strict record in their court 
dockets, on a page or pages set apart 
for that purpose, of each game speci- 
men or beaver hide tagged with a Wyo- 
ming game tag, which record shall also 
show the kind of game specimen so 
tagged, the name and address of the 
person to whom a game tag or game 
tags have been issued, the date of is- 
sue, the number of the tag or tags so 
issued. And the purpose or purposes 
for which said tags or tags were issued. 
It shall be the duty of every justice 
of the peace who tags game specimens 
or beaver hides within this state, to 
submit a written report to the state 
game warden on December 1st, of each 
year, showing in detail the kind and 
number of game specimens or beaver 
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hides tagged with a Wyoming game 
tag, the names and address of persons 
to whom tags have been issued, the 
date of issue, the number of the tag or 
tags so issued, the purpose or pur- 
poses for which said tag or tags were 
Issued; said report to cover and per- 
tain to all game specimens or beaver 
hides tagged by such justice of the 
peace or his predecessor in office, if any 
there be, for the year ending Decem- 
ber first, respectively. [L. 19l5, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 2762. Possession or Sale of 
Game Unlawful — When. It shall be 
unlawful for any person or persons to 
have in possession or to buy or sell 
any game or any part of game in this 
state, which was killed or taken in an- 
other state, nation or foreign country, 
when the possession, hunting or kill- 
ing or purchase or sale of such game, 
or parts thereof, is prohibited in this 
state. Any person convicted of the 
violation of the provisions of this sec- 
tion shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall be punished by a 
fine of not less than ten dollars, nor 
more than one hundred dollars, or by 
imprisonment in the county jail for 
not less than ten days, nor more than 
sixty days, or both such fine and im- 
prisonment. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 
13.] 

Sec. 18. Guides — Certificate, Re- 
ports, and Duties. It shall be unlawful 
for any person to be engaged in the 
■business of guiding, as the term is com- 
monly understood, without having first 
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secured from a justice of the peace 
of the county in which he resides, a 
guide certificate. Any competent per- 
son of good moral character, who is a 
bona fide citizen and qualified elector of 
this state, may, upon the payment of 
^10.00 to a justice of the peace of this 
state, receive a certificate of guide, 
which certificate shall be valid for a 
term of one year from the date of 
issue, unless sooner revoked, and shall 
state the name, age and place of resi- 
dence of the holder of the same, and 
shall recite that the holder of such 
certificate is a person of good moral 
character, a bona fide resident and 
qualified elector of this state. Every 
person, before obtaining such certifi- 
cate, shall file with the said justice of 
the peace a bond in the amount of 
^500.00 for the faithful performance 
of his duty, said bond to be approved 
by the justice of the peace. He shall 
present to the justice of the peace the 
affidavit of two resident free-holders, 
known to the said justice of the peace, 
corroborating his own afl^idavit that he, 
the said applicant, is of good moral 
character, a bona fide citizen and quali- 
fied elector of this state. 

All such guides shall be required to 
furnish to the state pfame warden sworn 
reports each year, not later than De- 
cember iSth; the said reports to con- 
tain the names of persons guided, the 
number of animals and kind killed by 
each person, and the disposition of said 
animal; the number of arrests and con- 
victions for violations of game or fish' 
laws and the name of the justice of the 
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peace granting his certificate. Every 
person acting as guide, as herein pro- 
vided, shall be an ex-officio assistant 
game warden, and shall file with the 
state game warden his oath of office. 
Each such guide shall immediately re- 
port to the state game warden any vio- 
lation of the game or fish laws of this 
state by the person employing him, or 
by any other person. Every guide who, 
as an ex-officio assistant game warden, 
makes an arrest and secures the con- 
viction of any violation of any of the 
game laws of this state, shall be en- 
titled to receive ^3.00 per day for each 
day necessarily employed in making 
such arrest and securing such convic- 
tion, to be paid from the state general 
fund, when his account has been ap- 
proved by the state game commission. 
Any guide convicted of violating any 
of the provisions of this section, or of 
the game laws of this state, shall have 
his certificate revoked by the justice 
of the peace who granted the same. 
Any guide whose certificate has been 
revoked or any person who is convict- 
ed of violating any of the game laws 
of this state, as aforesaid, shall be in- 
eligible to act as guide in this state 
for a period of five years from the date 
of such revocation or conviction. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2764. Non-Residents Must Have 
Guides. It shall be unlawful for any 
person who is not a qualified elector 
of this state, or the child or legal 
ward of a bona fide elector of this state, 
over the age of fifteen years, to hunt, 
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pursue or kill any of the game animals 
of this state, unless accompanied by a 
qualified guide. 

It shall be unlawful for any party 
of such non-resident persons, out for 
the purpose of hunting the game ani- 
mals of this state, to enter the game 
fields of this state, unless each of 
[such] non-residents has employed, 
and is accompanied by, an individual 
qualified guide. Provided, that one man 
and one woman may both be conducted 
by the same guide. Any person con- 
victed of violating the provisions of this 
section shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall be fined in a sum 
not less than fifty dollars, nor more 
than one hundred dollars. [L. 1913, 
Ch. 121, § 14.] 

Sec. 19. Moneys Remitted to State 
Treasurer. All moneys collected for 
hunting licenses and guide certificates, 
as provided in the game laws of this 
state, shall, within fifteen days after 
receipt of same by any justice of the 
peace, assistant or deputy game war- 
den, be paid into the state treasury. 
Every justice of the peace, assistant and 
deputy game warden, shall also furnish 
the state treasurer with such remit- 
tance, a list of the names of all persons 
who have secured licenses and guide 
certificates, which report shall also state 
the number and kind of the licenses or 
certificates, the date of issue and the 
address of the party to whom issued. 
A duplicate of this report shall also 
be filed with the state game warden. 
All moneys so paid into the state treas- 
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ury shall be credited to the general' 
fund of the state. All justices of the 
peace, assistant and deputy game war- 
dens shall be held responsible under 
their bonds for all licenses and certifi- 
cates issued to them by the state game 
warden. Any such officers who violate 
the provisions of this section shall, up- 
on conviction be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall be fined in a 
sum of not less than than twenty-five 
dollars nor more than one hundred dol- 
lars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 20. Fees for Issuing Licenses. 

The justices of the peace and unsal- 
aried deputy game warden [s] collect- 
ing and accounting for game licenses 
and guide certificates provided for by 
the game laws of this state, shall be al- 
lowed fees as follows: 
Each resident ordinary big game 

license $ .50 

Each resident bird license .25 

Each resident special big game 

license l.oo 

Each non-resident or alien big 

game license 2.50 

Each non-resident gunner's li- 
cense .50 

Each non-resident b ar license 1.00 

Each guide's certificate 1.00 

Provided, that any officer who is au- 
thorized by the provisions of this act 
to issue licenses, and who shall issue 
the same to a person not entitled there- 
to, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined in any sum 
not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and 
the state game warden may thereupon 
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revoke the authority of such officer to 

issue any further license, [L, I9l5, 

Ch. 91.] ^ 

Sec. 21. Capture of Game Animals. 

It shall be unlawful for any person 
or persons to capture any of the game 
animals of this state, except in the 
manner hereinafter provided in this 
section. Any responsible resident per- 
son of good character, who shall desire 
to capture any of the game animals 
of this state, for the purpose of domes- 
tication and propagation, upon applica- 
tion to the state game warden, and the 
payment of one dollar, may receive 
from such state game warden a permit 
which shall entitle such person to cap- 
ture not more than three male elk, six 
female elk, three male deer, six female 
deer, three male mountain sheep, three 
female mountain sheep, three male an- 
telope, six female antelope. Provided, 
that during the months of January, Feb- 
ruary, March and April, the capture of 
such game animals shall be under the 
direction, supervision and assistance of 
the state game warden or an assistant 
[or] deputy game warden. It shall be 
unlawful for any person to capture any 
elk more than one year old, or any 
deer, mountain sheep or antelope more 
than three months old. No person shall 
be entitled to receive more than one 
permit under the provisions of this 
section. The capture and custody of 
any of the animals mentioned in this 
section shall not entitle a person hold- 
ing a permit under the provisions of 
this section to kill, sell or dispose of 
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the game, or to ship the same out of 
the state for the period of five years 
from the date of the capture of said 
animals, but such person shall be en- 
titled to an absolute property right in 
the natural increase of such animals. 
Any person who shall violate any of 
the provisions of this section shall, 
upon conviction thereof, be fined in a 
sum of not less than twenty-five dol- 
lars nor more than one hundred dol- 
lars, or be imprisoned in the county 
jail for not less than thirty days nor 
more than sixty days, or be punished 
by both such fine and imprisonment. 
[L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 22. Photographing Game Ani- 
mals. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son or persons to photograph any of 
the game animals of this state during 
the months of January, February, March 
and April, except in the manner here- 
inafter provided in this section. Any 
responsible person who shall desire to 
photograph any of the game animals 
of this state during the months of Jan- 
uary, February, March and April, upon 
the payment of one dollar to the state 
game warden and upon the recommen- 
dation of two well known responsible 
electors of this state, may receive from 
such state game warden a permit, which 
permit shall entitle such person to enter 
the game fields of this state during said 
months and photograph any of the 
game animals therein, but such person 
shall be under the direction and super- 
vision of the state game warden or an 
assistant or deputy game warden de- 
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tailed for that purpose. It shall be the 
duty of all game wardens employed as 
provided for in this section and in 
Section 13 [21] of this chapter, to pre- 
vent any harassing, undue disturbance 
of, or injury to the game animals of 
this state. Every person holding a per- 
mit to capture or to photograph game 
animals shall pay to the officer direct- 
ing, supervising and assisting him as 
herein provided, the sum of three dol- 
lars per day for each day or fraction of 
a day such officer shall be so employed, 
and such funds shall be remitted by 
such game warden, within ten days af- 
ter such service has been performed, 
to the state treasurer to the credit of 
the general fund, together with a state- 
ment showing from whom collected, 
time of service and number and kind 
of animals captured and place of cap- 
ture, or if he has been employed to 
assist in photographing the game ani- 
mals of this state, then a statement 
shall accompany his remittance showing 
for whom the service was performed, 
where and when the time of service. 
Duplicates of such reports shall be filed 
with the state game warden. Provided, 
that if such assistant or deputy game 
warden is not regularly employed by 
the state during the time such service 
was performed, then he shall render 
his account against the state for such 
sum as may be approved by the state 
game warden, not to exceed the amount 
collected, which shall be paid from the 
state game fund by proper warrant 
issued by the state auditor. Provided, 
further, that all fees or earnings re- 
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ceived by the state game warden under 
the provisions of this section shall be 
covered into the state treasury to the 
credit of the general fund. The state 
game warden shall have power to re- 
voke at any time, any permit granted 
by him under the provisions of this 
section and Section 13 [21] of this 
chapter. Any person who shall violate 
any of the provisions of this section 
shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined 
in the sum of not less than fifty dollars 
nor more than one hundred dollars, or 
shall be confined in the county jail not 
less than thirty days, nor more than 
ninety days. [L. 191S, Ch. 91.] 
[Sec. 13, p. 23.] 

Sec. 23. Beaver. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person to kill, wound, en- 
snare or entrap any beaver within this 
state, until the fifteenth day of Sep- 
tember, 19 19. Provided, that any bona 
fide owner of real estate, who is being 
damaged by beaver, may have the same 
destroyed by obtaining the permission 
of the state game warden, as follows: 
Such land owner shall make application 
to the state game warden, stating the 
location of his land, the location of the 
beaver, and the character of the dam- 
age being done. Thereupon the state 
game warden shall investigate said com- 
plaint, and if he finds that actual dam- 
age is being done by the beaver to 
the lands or property of the complain- 
ant, he shall immediately issue permis- 
sion to destroy same. Said property 
owner shall, after destroying same, im- 
mediately report number destroyed to 



the state game warden. [L. 191 5, 
Ch. 91. J 

Sec. 2770. Unlawful to Capture or 
Kill Buffalo. It shall be unlawful for 
any person to kill, chase, pursue or 
catch any buffalo of any age at any sea- 
son of the year in this state, or to drive 
or in any manner remove or transport 
any buffalo out of this state. Any per- 
son or persons who shall violate the 
provisions of this section shall be guilty 
of a felony, and upon conviction there- 
of, shall be punished by imprisonment 
in the state penitentiary for not less 
than three years, nor more than ten 
years; provided, that this section shall 
not apply to any captive, tame or do- 
mesticated buffalo. 

Sec. 2771. Wanton Destruction of 
Game. Whoever at any time kills, cap- 
tures or destroys any game animal of 
this state, and detaches or removes 
from the carcass thereof, only the head, 
hide, antlers, horns, tusk or tusks, or 
any or all of the aforesaid parts, or 
captures or mutilates any such game 
animal while alive by removing or de- 
taching a tusk or tusks therefrom, is 
guilty of a felony, and upon conviction 
thereof, shall be imprisoned in the 
penitentiary for not more than five 
years. The purpose and intent of this 
section is to protect game animals of 
the state from wanton, ruthless or 
wasteful destruction or mutilation for 
their heads, hides, antlers, horns or 
tusks alone, and its provisions are to 
be so construed and the failure of any 
person or persons to properly dress 
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and care for any animal or animals 
killed by such person or persons and 
if reasonably accessible, within forty- 
eight hours to take or transport to the 
camp of such person or persons such 
carcass, and there properly care for 
same, shall be prima facie evidence of 
the violation of the provisions of this 
section. 

Sec. 2774. Taxidermists. It shall 
be unlawful for any professional taxi- 
dermist or taxidermists, who shall 
mount specimens or heads of game ani- 
mals or birds for profit, to fail to re- 
port to the state game warden on the 
1st day of each and every month of 
the year, giving therein a list of the 
names of all persons who furnish them 
with game specimens, and the kind and 
character of such specimens; and such 
taxidermist or taxidermists shall be re- 
quired to keep posted in a conspicuous 
place in their respective shops or of- 
fices, a list of all persons who furnish 
them with raw or unmounted speci- 
mens, and all such taxidermists shall 
be required to exhibit such list togeth- 
er with all specimens in their posses- 
sion to the state game warden or his 
assistant or deputies upon request. Any 
person violating the provisions of this 
section shall be guilty of a misde- 
meanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined in any sum not less than 
twenty dollars, nor more than one hun- 
dred dollars, or shall be imprisoned in 
the county jail for a period of thirty 
days. [L. 1913, Ch. 121, § 19.] 
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Sec. 28. Transportation of Game 
Animals or Specimens. It shall be un- 
lawful for any railway, express com- 
pany, stage company, or other public 
carriers, or any of their agents or em- 
ployees or other person or persons to 
receive or have in their possession for 
transportation, any live game animal or 
game birds or game specimen as de- 
fined in Section 24 of this chapter, or 
any beaver hide or beaver hides, ex- 
cept as otherwise provided by law. Any 
railway, express company, or stage 
company or other public carrier or any 
of their agents or employees or other 
person or persons convicted of viola- 
tion of the provisions of this section 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined not less than 
one hundred dollars nor more than five 
hundred dollars. Provided, that none 
of the provisions of this section shall 
apply to game or fish in transit through 
this state from other states or terri- 
tories. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] [Sec. 24, 
p. 25.] 

Sec. 29. Justices of the Peace — ^List. 
Supplies — Appropriation. The county 
clerk of each county of this state shall 
furnish to the state game warden a full, 
true and complete list of all justices 
of the peace within his respective coun- 
ty, together with their respective post 
office address. The state game war- 
den is hereby authorized and directed 
to furnish game tags, sealing imple- 
ments, printed licenses and certificates 
in accordance wiith the provisions of 
the game laws of this state; such li- 
censes and certificates to be prepared 
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with stubs and securely bound in books 
and numbered consecutively. He shall 
provide each justice of the peace, as- 
sistant game warden and deputy game 
warden with a suitable supply of li- 
censes and certificates, and such books, 
together with the stubs and unused 
licenses and certificates shall be re- 
turned to the state game warden on 
or before December 5th of each year 
by such justices of the peace, assistant 
and deputy game wardens. The state 
game warden shall also furnish to such 
justices of the peace as shall apply 
for the same, game tags and sealing 
implements for the purpose of com- 
plying with the provisions of Section 
25 of this chapter. Sealing implements 
and game tags so furnished shall be 
considered the property of this state 
and unused seals and sealing imple- 
ments shall be returned to the state 
game warden upon the expiration of 
the term of office of such justice of 
the peace. For the purpose of defray- 
ing the cost of purchasing implements 
and game tags, printing licenses and 
certificates and paying postage and fur- 
nishing such other supplies and pay- 
ing such other expenses as may be 
necessary to carry into effect the pro- 
visions of this chapter, the sum of ^1,- 
000.00 per annum, or so much thereof 
as may be necessary, is hereby appro- 
priated out of the general fund of the 
state. Any officer violating the pro- 
visions of this section, shall, upon con- 
viction thereof, be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall be fined in a 
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sum of not less than ten dollars. [L. 
1915, Ch. 91.] [Sec. 25, p. 27.] 

Sec. 2778. Use of Dogs in Hunting 
Prohibited. It shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons to use dogs for 
the purpose of running or coursing 
deer, antelope, elk, mountain sheep or 
moose. Any person convicted of vio- 
lation of the provision of this section 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and shall be fined not less than 
ten dollars, nor more than fifty dol- 
lars; or shall be imprisoned not less 
than ten days, nor more than sixty 
days. 

Sec. 30. Predatory Wild Animals in 
Game Preserves — Use of Dogs. It 
shall be unlawful for any person to 
enter the national forests of this state 
for the purpose of chasing or cours- 
ing predatory wild animals with dogs, 
unless each of such dogs shall have 
been duly tagged as hereinafter pro- 
vided. Upon application to the state 
game warden, and the payment of one 
dollar for each dog, the applicant may, 
in the discretion of the state game war- 
den, receive a license, good for the 
closed season on large game animals 
during the current calendar year only, 
permitting such applicant to hunt and 
chase mountain lion, wolves, fox, coy- 
otes, lynx, wildcats and wolverines with- 
in any part of the national forests 
which are not included with the state 
game preserve. Each dog contemplat- 
ed by this section shall bear a metal 
tag attached to a substantial collar and 
bearing the license number and name 
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of such applicant; all such tags and col- 
lars shall be furnished at the expense 
of the applicant. Any holder of such 
license may take such tagged dogs into 
the state game preserve of this state 
when the state game warden may deem 
it advisable for the extermination of 
predatory wild animals upon the condi- 
tion that such dogs be taken and kept 
in such state game preserve in com- 
pany with the state game warden or 
one of his assistants or deputies, and 
any hunting or chasing of any of the 
above mentioned animals in said state 
game preserve shall be under the direct 
supervision and control of the state 
game warden or his assistant or dep- 
uty. Any person convicted of the vio- 
lation of any provision of this section 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined no less than 
seventy-five dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars, or may be imprisoned 
in the county jail for a period of not 
less than thirty days nor more than 
ninety days, or may be punished by 
both such fine and imprisonment, in the 
discretion of the court. [L. I9l5, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 2780. Trespass. It shall be 
unlawful to hunt, shoot or enter in 
puisuit of game, or to kill or attempt 
to kill from the public highway any 
game animals or game birds on the 
enclosed lands of another without hav- 
ing first obtained permission from the 
owner or person in charge of the 
same. Any person convicted of viola- 
tion of the provisions of this section 
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shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall be fined not less than 
five dollars, nor more than twenty dol- 
lars. 

Sec. 2781. County Commissioners 
Appoint Game and Fish Wardens. For 
the more certain detection and punish- 
ment of the violators of this chapter, 
the board of county commissioners may, 
in their discretion, appoint a game and 
fish warden for the county who shall 
hold his office during the pleasure of 
the board, and shall be subject to re- 
moval at any time. He shall receive 
such compensation as the board of 
county commissioners may determine 
which shall be at a rate not to exceed 
three dollars per day for the time act- 
ually and necessarily employed by him 
in the discharge of his duties, and he 
shall be paid out of such funds as the 
board may direct. Before entering up- 
on his duties, he shall take and sub- 
scribe to an oath before some officer 
authorized by the laws of the state to 
administer oaths, to faithfully perform 
the duties of his office. Whenever the 
attention of the county game and fish 
warden is culled to any violation of the 
provisions of this chapter, and he shall 
fail to take proper steps for the arrest 
and conviction of any person or per- 
sons or corporations charged with vio- 
lating any of the provisions of this 
chapter, he shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined in any sum not greater 
than one hundred dollars, and shall 
have his commission revoked; provid- 
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ed, that nothing in this chapter shall 
prevent the state game warden from 
appointing such assistants in each coun- 
ty as he deems necessary hereinbefore 
provided. 

Sec. 2782. Disposition of Fines. 

Upon the arrest and conviction of any 
person or persons violating any of the 
provisions of the game and fish laws, 
the whole of the fine shall be paid 
into the school fund of the county in 
which such fine shall be collected. 

Sec. 31. Authority to Arrest, Seize 
and Search. Any officer authorized to 
enforce the game and fish laws of this 
state may, without process, arrest any 
violator of any of the provisions of said 
laws, and such officers shall, with dili- 
gence, cause such person to be taken 
before the proper court for trial or 
examination, which trial or examina- 
tion shall be had upon complaint or 
information as now provided by law. 
Any officer authorized to enforce the 
game and fish laws of this state may, 
at any time, seize and take into custody 
any fish, carcass or part thereof, tusk, 
scalp, head, or any game bird which 
has been unlawfully killed or which is 
held in possession in violation of law, 
or has been obtained in violation of 
law. and such game or fish shall be sold 
to the best advantage, and the money 
derived from the sale thereof shall be 
paid into the state treasury, to be cred- 
ited to the general fund. The state 
game warden and his assistant and dep- 
uty game wardens and all sheriffs and 
constables of this state, shall have the 
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right to search any camp, camp outfit, 
pack or pack animals, automobiles, wa- 
gon, bu.ggy or hunting clothes for game 
specimens, carcasses,- heads, hides, 
scalps, tusks or other parts of game 
animals and game birds, or any fish, 
which they have reason to believe were 
killed or taken in violation of any of 
the provisions of the game and frh 
laws of this state. [L. I9l5, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 32. State Game Preserves Ex- 
cepted. The provisions of the game 
laws of this state, or those part", there- 
of defining an open season for, and per- 
mitting the pursuit, hunting and kill- 
ing of the game animals and game birds 
of this state, and regulating the cap- 
ture of such game animals, shall not 
apply to any of the areas included in 
any of the state game preserves now 
established or which may hereafter be 
established. [L. I9l5, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2785. State Game Preserves. 

For the better protection of birds and 
animals and for the establishment of 
breeding places therefor, the following 
described areas within the state of Wyo- 
ming are hereby set aside and designat- 
ed and established as state game pre- 
serves, to-wit: 

All that portion of the state of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following 
described boundaries which area shall 
constitute and be known as the TETON 
STATE GAME PRESERVE; beginning at 
a point on the south boundary line of 
the Yellowstone National Park where 
the Teton range intersects said line, 
thence following southerly along the 

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crest of said range to the head of Moran 
Creek, thence easterly along said Moran 
Creek, to Jackson's Lake; thence east- 
erly along the Southern shore of said 
Lake to its outlet; thence down the 
Snake River to the mouth of Buffalo 
Fork; thence up Buffalo Fork in an east- 
erly direction to a point where the Gov- 
ernment road crosses said creek; thence 
to follow said Government road in an 
easterly and southerly direction to 
where the Government road crosses Du 
Noir Creek; thence up Du Noir Creek 
in a northerly direction to the east fork 
of said creek, thence up the east fork 
of Du Noir Creek to the divide; thence 
following the divide in a northwesterly 
direction to a point east of the most 
easterly point of the present Teton 
State Game Preserve, thence northwest 
connecting with said point on the Yel- 
lowstone River, thence northwesterly 
down said Yellowstone river, to its in- 
tersection with the south boundary line 
of the Yellowstone National Park; 
thence west along south boundary of 
the Yellowstone Park to the point of 
beginning. And all that area of Wyo- 
ming embraced within the following de- 
scribed boundaries , which shall consti- 
tute and shall be known as the POPO 
AGIE GAME PRESERVE, to-wit: Com- 
mencing at a point where the little 
Popo Agie River crosses the National 
Forest boundary line on the east; 
thence running in a southwesterly di- 
rection un the little Popo Agie River to 
the mouth of Louis Creek; thence in a 
southwesterly direction up Louis Creek 
to the divide between the little Popo 
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Agie basin and the Sweetwater basin, 
thence along this divide in a northwest- 
erly direction, following along the con- 
tinental divide in a northwesterly di- 
rection to the Shoshone Indian Reserva- 
tion boundary line to a point where the 
Washakie National Forest boundary 
line intersects, thence south and east, 
following the Washakie National Forest 
boundary line to the place of begin- 
ning; and all that area of Wyoming em- 
braced within the following described 
boundaries, which area shall constitute 
and be known as the SHOSHONE GAME 
PRESERVE, to-wit: Beginning on the 
east boundary line of the Yellowstoie 
National Park at a point where Jones 
Creek intersects this line, thence down 
Jones Creek in an easterly direction to 
the north folk of the Shoshone River, 
thence down the north fork of the 
Shoshone River in an easterly direction 
to where said river crosses the Sho- 
shone National Forest's eastern boun- 
dary; thence following said boundary 
to where the south fork of the Sho- 
shone River crosses the said Shoshone 
National Forest's east boundary line, 
thence up the south fork of the Sho- 
shone River in a southwesterly direction 
to the mouth of Ishawooa Creek, thence 
up Ishawooa Creek in a westerly direc- 
tion to the divide between the Sho- 
shone and the Thorofar, thence follow- 
ing the divide to the Yellowstone Na- 
tional Park boundary line, thence north 
along said boundary line to the place 
of beginning; and all of the water shed 
of Boulder Creek starting three miles 
above the lowest point where it empties 
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into the South Fork of the Shoshone 
River and including all the natural drain- 
age area above that point. Also that 
body of land lying east of Yellowstone 
National Park, to be known as the HOO- 
DOO BASIN GAME PRESERVE, and 
bounded as follows: Beginning at a 
point where Jones Creek crosses the 
Yellowstone National Boundary line 
thence East along Jones Creek to its 
.mouth; thence up the North fork of the 
Shoshone; along the Sunlight Trail, and 
following said trail to the mouth of 
Galina Creek on Sunlight Creek; thence 
due north to Montana line; thence West 
along the Wyoming and Montana State 
line to the Yellowstone National Park 
line; thence south 2L\on^ said park line 
to the point of beginning. 

And all that area of Wyoming em- 
braced within the following described 
boundaries which area shall constitute 
and shall be known as the BIG HORN 
STATE GAME PRESERVE, to-wit: All 
that portion of the State of Wyoming 
which is included within the Big Horn 
National Forest except a strip four miles 
wide on the west side of the east line 
of the Big Horn National Forest line, 
said strip starting at the Montana line 
and ending on the south line of the 
Big Horn National Forest line, [L 191 5, 
Ch. 105.] 

Sec. 2786. Unlawful to Hunt on 
Preserve — Penalty. It shall be unlaw- 
ful for any person or persons, at any 
time, to hunt, trap, kill, capture or 
chase any birds or animals of any kind 
or description whatever within the lim- 
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its of any of the state game pieserves; 
provided, that the provisions of this 
chapter shall not apply to the killing, 
capture or destruction of any mountain 
lion, wolf, fox, coyote, lynx, wild cat, 
mink, marten, or wolverine or any bird 
not protected outside of the game pre- 
serves of this state; and, provided, it 
shall be unlawful for any person to 
hunt, trap, kill, capture or chase any 
of the above excepted animals or bi^ds. 
without a permit from the state game 
warden. Upon application by any "per- 
son, and the payment of five dollars 
to the state game warden, the state 
game warden may, in his discretion, 
grant a permit to such person to hunt, 
kill, trap, capture, or chase any of the 
animals or birds excepted by the pro- 
visions of this section. Any person 
violating the provisions of this chapter 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and shall upon conviction be 
fined the sum of not less than one 
hundred dollars, nor more than five 
hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned 
in the county jail for a period of not 
less than three months, nor more than 
one year; or both such fine and impris- 
onment in the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 39. Prosecution — Witness Fees. 
Appropriation. The several district 
courts of this state shall have original 
concurrent jurisdiction in all game 
cases. Whenever the state game war- 
den shall file an affidavit, sworn to be- 
fore any officer authorized to admin- 
ister oaths, alleging the violation of 
any provisions of the game or fish laws 
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of this state, with any county and pros- 
ecuting attorney, such county and 
prosecuting attorney shall forthwith 
file an information in the district court 
of this county, charging such offense, 
upon which information the accused 
shall be prosecuted as in other cases; 
provided, however, that no preliminary 
examination shall be necessary in cases 
of misdemeanor, and provided, further, 
that the state game warden may assist 
in person and by his counsel in the 
prosecution of all such offenses. All 
witnesses attending the district court 
in game and fish cases, shall be paid 
out of the general fund of the state, 
after the accounts have been approved 
by the state game warden and state 
game commission. For the purpose of 
carrying out the provisions of this sec- 
tion the sum of ^2,000.00 per annum, 
or so much thereof as may be neces- 
sary, is hereby appropriated out of 
the general fund of the state. [L. 
1913, Ch. 121.] 

Sec. 40. Trapper's Permit. It shall 
be unlawful for any person or persons 
at any time to trap any birds or animals 
of any kind or description whatever 
within any national forest within this 
state, without a permit from the state 
game warden. Upon application by any 
person and a payment of five dollars 
to the state game warden, the state 
game warden may grant a permit to 
such person to trap any animals or 
birds not otherwise protected by law 
upon any national forest within this 
state. Provided, that this does not ap- 
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ply to trappers employed by the de- 
partment of agriculture within this 
state. Persons holding such permits 
shall, upon request of the state game 
warden, or any assistant or deputy game 
warden, disclose the location of their 
traps and the bait used therein, and 
any person refusing such a request 
shall have his permit revoked by the 
state game warden. Any person violat- 
ing the provisions of this section shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than fifty dollars or more than one 
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in 
the county jail for not less than thirty 
days nor more than three months, or 
by both such fine and imprisonment. 
[L. 1913, Ch. 121.] 

Sec. 44. Use of Muffler Prohibited. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to 
take into the fields or forests of this 
state, or have in possession while in 
the fields or forests of this state or to 
have in possession while out for the 
purpose of hunting the game animals 
or game birds of this state, any device 
or mechanism designed to silence or 
muffle or minimize the report of any 
firearm, whether such device or mech- 
anism be separated or attached to any 
fire arm or not. Any person convicted 
of violation of the provisions of this 
section shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall be fined in the 
sum of not less than twenty-five dol- 
lars nor more than fifty dollars, or 
shall be imprisoned in the county jail 
not less than thirty days nor more than 

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ninety days, or both such fine and im- 
prisonment. [L. 1913, Ch. 121.] 
Sec. 33. State Game Fund Defined. 

For the purposes of this chapter where 
the words "state game fund" are used 
such words shall be construed to mean 
the fund arising from moneys set aside 
for carrying out the provisions of the 
game laws. [L. 191 5, Ch. 91. J 

Sec. 26. Game Animals and Fish 
Defined. For the purposes of this chap- 
ter and other provisions of the game 
laws of this state wherein the words 
"game animal" or "game animals or 
fish" are used, such words shall be 
construed as meaning any elk, deer, 
mountain sheep, wild goats, antelope, 
moose, beaver or bear, trout, greyling, 
pike, bass or catfish within this state. 
[L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 



PROTECTION OF BIRDS 

Sec. 2788. Unlawful to Kill— Pen- 
alty. Any person who shall, within 
the state of Wyoming, kill or catch or 
have in his possession, living or dead, 
any wild bird other than a game bird, 
or who shall purchase, offer, or expose 
for sale any such wild bird after it has 
been killed or caught, shall for each 
offense, be subject to a fine of not 
more than five dollars for each such 
bird killed or caught, or had in posses- 
sion living or dead, or imprisonment 
for not more than ten days, or both, 
at the discretion of the court. For 
the purposes of this chapter the fol- 
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lowing only shall be considered game 
birds: The Anatidae, commonly known 
as swans, geese, brant and river and 
lake ducks; the Rallidae, commonly 
known as rails, coots and mud-hens ; 
the Limicolae, commonly known as 
shore-birds, plovers, snipe, sandpipers, 
tatlers, willets, curlews, godwits, and 
avocets; the Gallinae, commonly known 
as grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, 
sage-hens, partridges and quails: 

Sec. 2789. Destruction of Eggs. 
Penalty. Any person who shall, within 
the state of Wyoming, take or needless- 
ly destroy the nest or the eggs of any 
wild bird, or shall have such nest or 
eggs in his or her possession, shall be 
subject for each offense to a fine of not 
more than five dollars or imprisonment 
for not more than ten days, or both, at 
the discretion of the court. 

Sec. 2790. Scientific Use Permitted. 
Sections 2788 and 2789 shall not apply 
to any person holding a certificate giv- 
ing the right to take birds, their nests, 
and eggs for scientific purposes, as 
provided for in Section 2791. 

Sec. 2791. Certificates — Bond. Cer- 
tificates may be granted by the super- 
intendent of public instruction to any 
properly accredited person of the age 
of fifteen years or upwards, permit- 
ting the holder thereof, to collect birds, 
their nests or eggs, for strictly scienti- 
fic purposes only. No such certificate 
shall be issued until the applicant there- 
for shall have filed with the saiu super- 
intendent of public instruction written 
testimonials from two well known 
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scientific men or educators, certifying 
to the good character and fitness of 
said applicant to be entrusted with such 
privilege. Said applicant must file with 
said persons or officers a properly exe- 
cuted bonJ., in the sum of two hun- 
dred dollars, signed by two responsible 
citizens of the state as sureties. This 
bond shall be forfeited to the state, 
and the certificate become void, upon 
proof that the holder of such certifi- 
cate has killed any birds or taken the 
nest- or eggs of any bird, for other than 
the purposes named in Sections 2790 
and 2791, and shall be further subject 
for each offense to the penalties pro- 
vided therefor in Sections 2788 and 
2789. 

Sec. 2792. Term of Certificate. 
The certificates authorized by this chap- 
ter shall be in force for one year only 
from the date of their issue, and shall 
not be transferable. 

Sec. 2793. Birds Not Protected. 
The following named birds shall be ex- 
empt from protection under the pro- 
visions of this chapter, viz: English 
sparrow, magpie, sharp-shinned hawk. 
Cooper's hawk, goshaw'k, duckhawk, 
golden or brown eagle, kingfisher and 
blue heron. 



FISH 

Sec. 1. Office of State Fish Commis- 
sioner Created. In order to secure im- 
provement in the fish business of this 
state, and the thorough stocking of 
streams, lakes and ponds, the office 
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of state fish commissioner is hereby 
created. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 

Sec. 2. Appointment and Term. 

The state fish commissioner shall be 
appointed by the governor with the 
advice and consent of the senate. The 
term of his office shall be for four 
years and until the appointment and 
qualification of his successor; Provided, 
That the first appointment under this 
chapter shall be made within thirty 
days after the passage thereof, or soon 
thereafter, and shall be for a term of 
two years. In case of a vacancy it 
shall be filled by appointment by the 
governor for the unexpired portion of 
the term in which such vacancy shall 
occur. If such appointment be made 
when the legislature is not in regular 
session, the appointee shall hold his 
otfice until the next succeeding session 
of the legislature. [L. 1913, Ch. 
118.] 

Sec. 3. Qualifications — Duties — Sal- 
ary — Bond — Report. No person shall 
be appointed to the office of state fish 
commissioner unless he be a person 
skilled in fish, culture, and the habits 
and nature of food fishes. Said com- 
missioner shall have supervision of all 
fish cultural matters of a public nature, 
and all fish hatcheries, their construc- 
tion and improvements, and now owned 
or established in the future by the 
state, and shall have entire control and 
supervision of the public waters of the 
state pertaining to the collection, prop- 
agation, culture, distribution and pro- 
tection of fish, and shall see to the dis- 
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tribution of all fish and fish eggs coming 
into his hands for distribution, fairly 
and equitably, among the several coun- 
ties of the state; also all fish and fish 
spawn purchased by the state. Said 
commissioner shall receive an annual 
salary of eighteen hundred dollars and 
all expenses actually disbursed by him 
while necessarily engaged in the ser- 
vice of the state, which sum so paid 
for his expenses shall not exceed the 
sum of one thousand dollars per annum, 
and said commissioner shall, before en- 
tering upon the discharge of his duties, 
execute a bond to the state of Wyo- 
ming in the sum of three thousand 
dollars for the faithful performance of 
his duties, which bond shall be ap- 
proved by the governor. The fish 
commissioner shall make an annual re- 
port to the governor of his official 
transactions including expenditures, 
and the purposes for which same were 
made, accompanied by vouchers; also 
the number and kind of fish distributed, 
and the localities and names of streams 
or lakes where the same have been 
placed, and he shall give his full time 
and special attention to the enforce- 
ment of the laws relating to the prop- 
agation, cultivation and protection of 
food fishes in the waters of this state; 
and shall inform himself as to condi- 
tions and requirements of all public 
streams or lakes, and shall keep the 
same thoroughly stocked with fish suit- 
ed thereto, and any failure to perform 
said duties shall be cause for removal 
from office by the governor. [L. 191 3, 
Ch. 118.] 

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Sec. 4. Superintendents and Assist- 
ants. The Superintendent of Fish 
Hatchery District No. One shall reside 
at the hatchery located in Albany Coun- 
ty, Wyoming, and Superintendent of 
Fish Hatchery District No. Two shall re- 
side at the hatchery located in Sheri- 
dan County, Wyoming. All superin- 
tendents are hereby authorized to em- 
ploy such assistants as is [are] abso- 
lutely necessary to the efficient and 
proper management of the hatcheries 
in their charge, with the consent of 
the fish commissioner; Provided, That 
expenses so incurred shall not exceed 
the appropriation available for such 
purposes. Superintendents shall be 
subject to removal from office by fish 
commissioner for cause with consent 
of the governor. The superintendents 
shall make, before the first day of De- 
cember, an annual detailed report to 
the fish commissioner of their official 
transactions, including expenditures 
and the purposes for which same were 
made, accompanied by vouchers; also 
the number and kinds of fish distribut- 
ed, and the localities and names of 
streams and lakes where the same have 
been placed. [L. 1913, Ch. 118.] 

Sec. 2794. Fish Hatchery Districts. 
The state of Wyoming is hereby divid- 
ed into fish hatchery districts, denomi- 
nated fish hatchery district number one 
and fish hatchery district number two. 
Fish hatchery district number one shall 
be composed of the counties of Al- 
bany, Laramie, Converse, Natrona, Fre- 
mont, Carbon, Sweetwater and Uinta, 
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and fish hatchery district number two 
shall be composed of the counties of 
Sheridan, Johnson, Weston, Crook and 
Big Horn. 

Sec. 2795. Appointment of Super- 
intendent — Salary — Bond. The gover- 
nor shall nominate and by and with the 
consent of the senate, appoint a super- 
intendent for each of the districts here- 
by created who shall be a resident of 
the district for which he is appointed, 
and shall hold his office four years or 
until his successor shall have been ap- 
pointed; Provided, When a vacancy oc- 
curs the governor shall have power to 
fill such vacancy. Said superintendent 
shall receive an annual salary of twelve 
hundred dollars, which shall be in lieu 
of all expenses they may incur while 
in the discharge of their respective 
duties, except as hereinafter provided; 
and they shall, before entering upon 
the discharge of their duties, execute a 
bond to the state of Wyoming in the 
sum of twenty-four hundred dollars, 
for the faithful performance of their 
duties, which bond shall be approved 
by the governor. 

Sec. 2797. Removal of Hatchery in 
District No. 2. The superintendent of 
fish hatchery district number two, by 
and with the approval of the governor, 
is hereby authorized, empowered and 
directed to remove the state fish hatch- 
ery located in Sheridan county from 
its present location to the south one- 
half of the northwest quarter and the 
north one-half of the southwest quar- 
ter of Section 13, Township S3, Range 
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84 west, in Sheridan County, and es- 
tablish a hatchery upon the said prem- 
ises. 

Sec. 2798. May Take Fish for Sci- 
entific Purposes. The superintendents 
may take, or cause to be taken, from 
any of the public waters of their dis- 
tricts, at any time, or in any manner, 
fish, for the purposes of propagation, 
science or inspection. 

Sec. 2800. Shall Stock Streams. 
It shall be the duty of superintendents 
to examine the waters of their respec- 
tive districts, which are not naturally 
stocked with fish, as to their adaptabil- 
ity for fish, and stock same if suitable; 
and, after having done so, make publi- 
cation of such fact in some newspaper 
published in such county for not more 
than four consecutive weeks, and it 
shall be unlawful for any person or per- 
sons to take any fish, in any manner, 
whatsoever, out of any waters so 
stocked, for a period of two years, af- 
ter first issue of such publication; Pro- 
vided, That the foregoing shall not ap- 
ply to streams that have a natural sup- 
ply of trout. 

Sec. 2801. Distribution of Fish. 
Superintendents shall notify the board 
of county commissioners of their dis- 
trict, at their regular meeting in April 
of each year, the number of fish they 
have for distribution in their respective 
counties, and it shall be the duty of the 
board of county commissioners, on or 
before the first day of May of each and 
every year, to instruct said superintend- 
ents what streams they wish stocked 
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and if said streams are suitable for fish 
the superintendent shall distribute such 
fish in such streams as directed; and, 
if the said board of county commis- 
sioners shall, on or before the first day 
of May of each year, fail to notify the 
superintendent of when they wish the 
fish distributed, the superintendent 
shall distribute said fish in such streams 
in said county as shall by him be 
deemed most suitable. It shall be the 
duty of the superintendents to know 
what streams in their respective dis- 
tricts are most suitable and desirable 
to be stocked and they shall personally 
superintend the distribution of fish 
in such streams as in their judgment 
shall be best. The board of county 
commissioners of the several counties 
are hereby authorized and directed to 
pay the actual and necessary expenses 
of superintendents while distributing 
fish in the several counties upon proper 
bills. 

Sec. 2802. Superintendents Are 
Wardens. Superintendents of fish 
hatchery districts are hereby declared 
to be fish wardens, and as such are 
charged with the enforcement of all 
laws of this state relating to fish. They 
shall arrest or cause to be arrested 
all violators thereof, and prosecute all 
offenses against the same. They shall 
have full power to arrest without war- 
rant any and all persons who may be 
found violating any of the provisions 
of the laws of this state, relating to 
fish, and it is their duty to do so. 

Sec. 2803. Penalty. Any person or 
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persons convicted of violating tlie pro- 
visions of Sections 2794 to 2800 in- 
clusive, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
tliereof, shall be punished by a fine of 
not less than ten dollars nor more than 
one hundred dollars. 

Sec. 34. Sale of Game Fish Pro- 
hibited. It shall be unlawful to sell, 
directly or indirectly, or to offer for 
sale, any game fish or parts thereof, 
caught from the waters of this state. 
Provided, that this section shall not 
apply to any officer authorized by law 
to sell fish which have been confiscat- 
ed, nor shall it apply to any person or 
persons who are engaged in fish cul- 
ture as provided in Section 30 of Chap- 
ter 121, of the Session Laws of Wyo- 
ming, 1913. Any person violating the 
provisions of U^'S section shall, upon 
conviction thereof, be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor and shall be fined 
in a sum of not less than ten dollars 
nor more than one hundred dollars. 
[L. 1915, Ch. 91.] [See pp. 69, 71.] 

Sec. 35. When Transportation Com- 
panies May Receive Game Fish. It 

shall be unlawful for any railroad com- 
pany, express company, stage com- 
pany, or other common carrier or any 
of its agents or employees to receive 
or have in their possession any game 
fish caught from the waters of this 
state. Provided, that this section shall 
not apply to game fish lawfully taken 
from the waters of this state by any 
bona fide citizen thereof, nor shall 
it apply to any person or persons who 

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are engaged in fish culture for com- 
mercial purposes, as provided in Sec- 
tion 30 of Chapter 121, of the Session 
Laws of Wyoming, 19 13. Any person 
or company, as above defined, violating 
the provisions of this section shall, 
upon conviction thereof, be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
fined in a sum not less than ten dollars 
nor more than one hundred dollars. 
[L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 36. Shipment of Game Fish Out 
of the State. It shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons, company or 
corporation, to ship or offer to ship 
out of this state, or to carry out of 
this state, any game fish caught from 
the waters of this state. Provided, that 
this section shall not apply to any per- 
son or persons who are engaged in 
fish culture for commercial purposes, 
as provided in Section 30, Chapter 121, 
Session Laws of Wyoming, 1913. Any 
person, company or corporation violat- 
ing the provisions of this section shall, 
upon conviction thereof, be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be 
fined in a sum not less than ten dol- 
lars nor more than one hundred dol- 
lars. [L. 1915, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 37. Closed Season in Fremont 
County — Amount Lawful to Catch. 

In the County of Fremont, it shall be 
unlawful to take fish from any of the 
streams of said county from November 
1st, to March 3 1st, of each year. It 
shall be unlawful for any person to have 
in his or her possession more than 
twenty pounds of fish caught from the 
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waters of this state. Any person vio- 
lating the provisions of this section 
shall, upon conviction thereof, be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be fined in a sum of not less than 
ten dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars. [L. 191S, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 38. Unlawful to Obstruct Free 
Passage of Fish. It shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons, company 
or corporation, to erect, or place, or 
cause to be erected or placed across 
any of the rivers, creeks, ponds, or 
lakes of this state, any dam, net, ser- 
vice weir, trot-line, or any other ob- 
struction in such a manner as to pre- 
vent the free passage of fish up, down 
or through such waters, unless such 
dam, net, service weir, trot-line or 
other obstruction shall be erected or 
placed across such stream, river, creek, 
pond or lake with the consent and 
under the direction of the fish hatch- 
ery superintendent of the district. Pro- 
vided, that the owner or owners of any 
dam erected across any of the streams 
within this state, shall build, erect and 
maintain at all times at his or their 
expense, fish ways at an angle of not 
more than 4 5 degrees, to allow the 
free and uninterrupted passage of fish 
up and down such streams. Provided, 
that this section shall not apply to 
dams over fifty feet in height. Any 
person or persons, company or corpora- 
tion, violating the provisions of this 
section shall, upon conviction thereof, 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
shall be fined in any sum not less than 
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twenty-five dollars nor more than two 
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in 
the county jail for a period of not less 
than thirty days nor more than ninety 
days, or may be punished by both such 
fine and imprisonment. [L. I9l5, Ch. 
91.] 

Sec. 39. Failure to Maintain Sluice 
in Dam. Each and every month that 
any person or persons, company or 
corporation, shall neglect or refuse to 
keep up and maintain a sufficient sluice 
or fish way as prescribed by Section 
3 7 [38] of this chapter, shall consti- 
tute a separate offense. [L. I9l5, 
Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 2812. Prosecutions, Where May 
Be Commenced. All prosecutions for 
the violation of any of the provisions 
of the three preceding sections shall 
be commenced before any justice of 
the peace in the county wherein the 
offense shall have been committed, and 
any such justice of the peace shall, 
upon his own knowledge or upon the 
oath of any competent person, issue 
his warrant to any constable of his 
county for the arrest of any person 
or persons charged with the violation 
of any of the provisions of said sec- 
tions; and upon the arrest of such 
person or persons, shall proceed in the 
hearing of said complaint as in other 
cases of misdemeanor cognizable before 
justices of the peace. 

Sec. 2813. When Offense Is Com- 
mitted on Boundary Line. When such 
violation is alleged to have been com- 
mitted upon the portion of a stream or 
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water course which may be the divid- 
ing line between two counties, then the 
complaint may be made to any justice 
of the peace in either of such counties. 

Sec. 2814. Catching Small Fish Pro- 
hibited. It shall be unlawful to kill or 
destroy, or have in possession for any 
purpose at any time, any trout or black 
bass less than six inches in length, taken 
from the waters of this state, and the 
possession shall be prima facie evi- 
dence of the violation of the provisions 
of this section; and any person violat- 
ing the provisions of this section shall 
be deemed- guilty of a misdemeanor 
and upon conviction thereof shall be 
punished by a fine of not less than five 
dollars and not more than twenty-five 
dollars and cost of prosecution or shall 
be imprisoned for a period of not more 
than thirty days or by both. [L. 191 5, 
Ch. 91, Sec. 41.] 

Sec. 2815. Contamination of Streams. 
Any owner or owners of any saw-mill, 
reduction works, smelter, milling, re- 
fining or concentration works, or other 
manufacturing or industrial works, or 
any agent, servant or employee thereof, 
or any other person or persons whom- 
soever, who shall throw or deposit in, 
or in any way permit to pass into any 
natural stream or lake within this state, 
wherein are living fish, any saw-dust, 
chemicals, mill tailings, or other refuse 
matter or deleterious substances, or 
poisons of any kind or character what- 
soever, that will or may tend to the 
destruction or driving away from such 
waters any fish, or kill or destroy any 
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fish therein, or that will or may tend to 

pollute, contamiiKite, render impure or 
unlit for domestic, irrigation, stock, 
ur any other purpose for which appro- 
priated and used, the waters of any 
such natural stream or lake, or that 
will or may tend to obstruct, fill in or 
otherwise interfere with the natural 
flow, channel or condition of any such 
stream, lake or waters, sl?all be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con- 
viction thereof shall be fined not less 
than fifty dollars or more than one 
hundred dollars, or shall be imprisoned 
in the county jail not less than thirty 
days, or more than six months, or both 
such fine and imprisonment for each 
offense; and where any of the forego- 
ing unlawful acts are committed con- 
tinuously, each of the days upon which 
committed shall be treated and con- 
sidered as a separate and distinct of- 
fense; Provided, That nothing in this 
or the succeeding section shall apply 
to the slag from smelter furnaces. 

Sec. 2816. Explosives and Poison 
Prohibited. Any person who shall kill 
or destroy in any of the waters of this 
state, by the use of any poison or de- 
leterious drug, chemical, or substance 
whatsoever, or by the use of any ex- 
plosive substance, explode or cause to 
be exploded any powder, giant powder, 
hercules powder, dynamite, nitro-gly- 
cerine, lime-gas, or any other explosive 
substance in any of the waters of this 
state containing fish, for the purpose 
of catching, killing, or destroying fish 
in such waters, shall be deemed guilty 
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of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction 
thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty 
dollars nor more than two hundred dol- 
lars, and shall be imprisoned in the 
county jail not less than ninety days, 
or more than six months; Provided, 
That nothing in this section contained, 
shall prevent the owner or owners of 
any quartz mill, reduction works, smel- 
ter, saw-mill, or other manufacturing 
or industrial works in the state now 
located or to be hereafter located upon 
any natural stream or lake, or other 
collection of waters, from operating or 
working said quartz mill, reduction 
works, saw-mill, or other manufactur- 
ing or industrial works, if the said 
owner or owners thereof shall build 
or cause to be built a suitable dam 
to be used in connection with said 
quartz mill, smelter, reduction works, 
saw-mill, or other manufacturing or 
industrial works, which dam shall be 
so constructed as to prevent any tail- 
ings, saw-dust, chemicals, or other 
refuse, deleterious or poisonous sub- 
stances from passing into such stream 
or lake which shall destroy or drive 
away the fish or any number of them 
from said stream, lake or other waters, 
or pollute, contaminate, render impure, 
or unfit such waters for domestic, stock, 
irrigation or other uses for which ap- 
propriated, or obstruct, fill in or other- 
wise interfere with the natural flow, 
channels, or condition of any such 
stream, lake or waters. 

Sec. 27. Lawful Fishing — Sale of Fish. 
Seining License. A fishing tackle con- 
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sisting of a rod or pole, line and hook, 
shall be the only lawful means by which 
fish may be taken from the waters of 
the state. The said hook shall not be 
baited with any poisonous drug or sub- 
stance, and it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to use any net, seine, 
gill nets, fish traps, grab hooks, spears, 
snare or similar means for catching 
fish, and no speckled or mountain trout, 
California trout or any game fish shall 
be caught at any time for speculative 
purposes, or for market, or for sale, 
and it shall be unlawful for any person 
to sell or offer for sale any speckled 
or mountain trout caught in the waters 
of this state; in the lakes and reser- 
voirs of the Laramie Plains, provided, 
that any person or persons who are en- 
gaged in fish culture for commercial 
purposes, upon making satisfactory 
proof of the same, may sell, transport 
within and out of the state any fish 
that have been raised and caught from 
his or their private waters. 

Provided further, that the citizens 
of this state shall be permitted to fish 
with seine, with meshes not less than 
1 Y2 inches, in any of the waters of 
this state. Any citizen or citizens de- 
siring to seine in any of the waters 
of this state, shall make application to 
the assistant or deputy game warden 
of his district. If said application be 
approved by the warden of said district, 
he shall upon all occasions accompany 
any such citizen or citizens, and shall 
return any and all trout, greyling, pike, 
bass or cat fish to said stream, and it is 
hereby made unlawful for any citizen 
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seining in any of the waters of this 
state to retain any trout, greyling, pike, 
bass or cat fish. Any citizen or citizens 
so seining shall procure a license to do 
so from the warden of said district 
upon payment of ^3.00, which shall 
procure a license for one or more citi- 
zens for any one day, who may use 
but one seine only. Said license fee 
shall be recovered into the treasury 
in the same manner as all other fees 
provided for under the Game and Fish 
Laws of this state; 

And further provided, that the su- 
perintendent of a fish hatchery district 
may, upon petition of fifty citizens of 
the county wherein is located any lake 
or lakes which have been stocked with 
food fish, such as lake trout, white 
fish and carp, and upon the recommen- 
dation of the board of county commis- 
sioners of said county, permit citizens 
of this state to fish for said lake trout, 
white fish and carp with a gill net 
with mesh not less than one and one- 
half inches, said net to be exhibited to 
said superintendent and by him ap- 
proved; and it is further provided, that 
fish so lawfully taken shall not be ship- 
ped out of the state of Wyoming; and 
provided, further that said superintend- 
ent may at any time revoke said per- 
mission if in his judgment it is neces- 
sary in order to preserve the fish in 
lakes. Any person offending against 
this section shall be deemed guilty of 
a misdemeanor and upon conviction 
thereof shall be fined in any sum not 
less than twenty dollars nor more than 
fifty dollars, or shall be imprisoned for 
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a period of not more than three months 
or by both. [L. 191 5, Ch. 91.] 

Sec. 1. Lawful Fishing Sale of Fish. 

Seining Licenses. A fishing tackle con- 
sisting of a rod or pole, line and hook, 
shall be the only lawful means by 
which fish may be taken from the wa- 
ters of the state. The said hook shall 
not be baited with any poisonous drug 
or substance, and it shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons to use any 
net, seine, gill nets, fish traps, grab 
hooks, spears, snare, or similar means 
for catching fish, and no speckled or 
mountain trout, California trout or any 
game fish shall be caught at any time 
during open season for speculative pur- 
poses, or for market, or for sale, and 
it shall be unlawful for any person to 
sell or offer for sale any speckled or 
mountain trout, bass, greyling, pike or 
catfish caught in the waters of this 
state, except in the lakes and reservoirs 
of the Laramie Plains, provided, that 
any person or persons who are engaged 
in fish culture for commercial purposes, 
upon making satisfactory proof of the 
same, may sell, transport within and out 
of the state any fish that have been 
raised and caught from his or their 
private waters. And it is further pro- 
vided that the citizens of this state 
shall be permitted to fish with seine 
or gill net with meshes not less than 
1 ^ inches in any of the waters of the 
Big Horn River within the state, below 
the city of Thermopolis, and the North 
Platte River below Fort Steele, and in 
any of the waters of the New Fork 
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from the junction of East Fork to its 
mouth, and in Green River from the 
mouth of New Fork to the Wyoming- 
Utah line, and in Black's Fork from 
Granger to its mouth, in Powder River 
from the crossing of the Douglas and 
Buflfaio wagon road to the Wyoming 
line, and in Clear Creek from a 
point opposite Clearmont to its mouth, 
in this state; provided, that fish so law- 
fully caught shall not be shipped out 
of this state, or used as food for any 
kind of livestock, but persons having 
more fish than can be used for their 
own consumption may sell the same 
to residents of this state; provided, that 
they shall be issued a license therefor, 
and shall cost the holder the sum of 
$1.00, which shall be recovered into 
the Treasury in the same manner as 
provided for under the Game and Fish 
Laws of the state. Provided, further, 
that all trout, catfish, greyling, pike 
or bass, shall be returned to the streams 
from which taken. 

Provided, further, that the citizens 
of the state shall be permitted to fish 
with seine, with meshes not less than 
1 Yi inches, in any of the waters of Salt 
River, in Lincoln County and in the 
Belle Fourche River within this state. 
Any citizen or citizens desiring to seine 
in said river shall make application to 
the assistant or deputy game warden of 
said district. If said application be ap- 
proved by the warden of said district, 
said warden shall issue a license as here- 
inafter provided for. Any such citizen 
or citizens shall return any and all 
trout, bass, greyling, pike or catfish 
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to said stream, and it is liereby made 
unlawful for any citizen or citizens 
seining in said streams to retain any 
trout, bass, greyling, pike or catfish. 
Any citizen or citizens so seining shall 
procure a license to do so from the 
warden of said district upon payment 
of 1 1.00, which shall procure a license 
for one or more citizens for any one 
day, who may use but one seine. Pro- 
vided, further, that holders of such li- 
cense, shall be accompanied by deputy 
warden, appointed as provided by law, 
who shall receive the sum of $3.00 per 
day, for actual services rendered, such 
sum to be paid in all cases direct to 
such deputy warden by holder of such 
license. Said license fee shall be re- 
covered into the treasury in the same 
manner as all other fees provided for 
under the Game and Fish Laws of this 
state; 

And further provided, that the su- 
perintendent of a fish hatchery district 
may, upon petition of fifty citizens of 
the county wherein is located any lake 
or lakes which have been stocked with 
food fish, such as lake trout, white fish 
and carp, and upon the recommenda- 
tion of the board of county commis- 
sioners of said county, permit citizens 
of this state to fish for said lake trout, 
white fish and carp with a gill net with 
mesh not less than one and one-half 
inches, said net to be exhibited to said 
superintendent and by him approved; 
and it is further piovided, that fish so 
lawfully taken shall not be shipped out 
of the state of Wyoming, but persons 
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having more of said fish than can be 
used for their own consumption may 
sell the same to the residents of the 
state of Wyoming, and provided, fur- 
ther, that said superintendent may at 
any time revoke said permission if in 
his judgment it is necessary in order 
to preserve the fish in lakes. Any per- 
son offending against this section shall 
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction thereof shall be fined 
in any sum not less than twenty dol- 
lars nor more than fifty dollars, or 
shall be imprisoned for a period of not 
more than three months or by both." 
[L. 1915, Ch. 108.] 

[Note. — Ch. 91, S. L. 191 5, was ap- 
proved Feb. 25, and Ch. 108, Feb. 26, 
191 5. Ch. 108 amends and re-enacts 
Sec. 30, Ch. 121, S. L. 1913.] 

Sec. 816. Ditch Owners to Protect 
Fish. It shall be the duty of every per- 
son, corporation or company, who shall 
construct, maintain or operate any 
ditch or canal pursuant to the laws of 
this state, to construct and maintain 
at the point and place where the water 
is diverted from its natural channel, 
some fit and proper obstruction where- 
by all fish will be prevented from en- 
tering said ditch or canal. Any per- 
son, company or corporation violating 
the provisions of this section shall be 
adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
on conviction thereof shall be pun- 
ished by a fine of not more than one 
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment 
in the county jail not less than ten or 
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more than sixty days, or by both such 
fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 2818. Private Waters Protected. 

It shall be unlawful for any person or 
persons to kill or take speckled trout 
or other fish from any private waters 
used for the propagation of such fish, 
except by the consent of the pro- 
prietor of such private waters. It shall 
be the duty of the proprietors of such 
private waters, who are engaged in the 
propagation of fish, as contemplated 
by this section, to post, or cause to be 
posted in a conspicuous manner, pub- 
lic notices, painted on boards in large 
plain letters, that the owner, naming 
him, is engaged in such business, and 
warning all persons from killing or 
taking any fish in the waters named in 
such notices. 

Sec. 2819. Saratoga Hatchery. There 
shall be established a branch fish hatch- 
ery in or near the town of Saratoga, 
in Carbon County, Wyoming, for the 
collection, propagation, culture, dis- 
tribution and protection of fish in the 
North Platte River and its tributaries, 
in the bounds of fish hatchery district 
"number one." 

Sec. 1. Appropriation for Laramie 
Fish Hatchery. There is hereby ap- 
propriated out of the funds in the State 
Treasury of the state of Wyoming, not 
otherwise appropriated, the sum of two 
hundred eighty-four dollars and fifteen 
cents (^284.15), or as much as may be 
necessary to pay bills now due and to 
pay necessary contingent expenses of 
the Fish Hatchery located at Laramie, 
Albany County, Wyoming, incurred 
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previous te April 1, 1912. [L. I9l5, 
Ch. 16.] 

Removal of Fish Hatchery in Albany 
County. 

Sec. 1. Subject to Approval of the 
Governor. The Governor is hereby 
authorized to convey the site and im- 
provements and appurtenances of the 
present State Fish Hatchery in Albany 
County to the city of Laramie in con- 
sideration of the removal or replace- 
ment of said hatchery at a new site in 
said county, such removal and replace- 
ment to be approved by the Governor 
and without expense to the state, pro- 
vided, that the moving of said Fish 
Hatchery Buildings shall in no way im- 
pair its efficiency. [L. 191 5, Ch. 
116.] 

Sec. 2. Alterations — May Grant Cer- 
tain Rights to Laramie. The Governor 
is hereby authorized to make such al- 
terations or relocations of the improve- 
ments and plant of the State Fish Hatch- 
ery in Albany County as he may deem 
expedient and to grant to the city of 
Laramie such rights for the location 
and establishment of water works and 
improvements on said site as he may 
deem expedient, such action to be taken 
without expense to the state of Wyo- 
ming. [L. 1915, Ch. 116.] 

Sec. 1. Branch Hatchery Established 
at Hyattville. There shall be established 
a Branch Fish Hatchery in or near the 
town of Hyattville, Big Horn County, 
Wyoming, for the collection, propaga- 
tion, culture, distribution and protec- 
tion of fish in the bounds of Fish Hatch- 
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ery District "Number Two." [L. I9l5, 
Ch. 152.] 

Sec. 2. Supervision Superintendent 
District Two. The construction of tiie 
necessary buildings, ponds and other 
facilities needed for the proper culture, 
care and distribution of fish shall be 
made under the supervision of the su- 
perintendent of said Fish Hatchery Dis- 
trict. [L. 1915, Ch. 152.] 

Sec. 3. Appropriation. There is 
hereby appropriated out of any funds 
in the State Treasury, not otherwise 
appropriated, the sum of five thousand 
dollars ($5,000.00) to establish said 
Branch Fish Hatchery and pay the run- 
ning expenses of the same for the years 
1915 and 1916. [L. I9l5, Ch. l52.] 



Appropriations. From the General Ap- 
propriations Act, Chapter 162, Ses^ 
sion Laws 1915. 
Salaries. Sec. 2. 

For State Game Warden, four thou- 
sand dollars. 

For Assistant State Game Wardens 
and per diem of Deputy Wardens, 
twenty-six thousand eight hundred dol- 
lars. 

For Fish Commissioner, three thou- 
sand six hundred dollars. 

For Superintendent of Fish Hatchery 
District No. 1, two thousand four hun- 
dred dollars. 

For Superintendent of Fish Hatchery 
District No. 2, two thousand four hun- 
dred dollars. 



Contingent Funds. Sec. 3. 

For the State Game Warden, as pro- 
vided by law, three thousand dollars. 

For Assistant State Game Wardens, 
as provided by law, seven thousand dol- 
lars. 

For Clerk to State Game Warden, 
one thousand eight hundred dollars. 

For printing reports of the State 
Game Warden, two hundred dollars. 

For the Fish Commissioner, as pro- 
vided by law, two thousand dollars. 

For the Fish Hatchery in Albany 
County, eight thousand five hundred 
dollars. 

For the Fish Hatchery in Sheridan 
County, eight thousand five hundred 
dollars. 

Sec. 27. Fish, Game and Bird Laws. 

The sum of four hundred dollars, or 
so much thereof as may be necessary, 
is hereby appropriated out of any funds 
in the State Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to pay the expense of 
printing in pamphlet form and distribut- 
ing not to exceed six thousand copies 
of the Fish, Game and Bird Laws of the 
state of Wyoming, together with any 
other information which may be deemed 
useful or valuable concerning the Fish, 
Game and Bird interests of the state; 
said printing and distributing to be done 
under the direction of the Secretary 
of State. 

Sec. 33. Refund. The sum of two 

hundred dollars, or so much thereof as 
may be necessary, is hereby appropriat- 
ed out of any funds in the State Treas- 
ury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
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purpose of refunding to Assistant Game 
Wardens, Deputy Game Wardens, and 
Justices of tiie Peace, amounts over- 
paid on account of game licenses; Pro- 
vided, that vouchers filed for payment 
under the provisions of this section 
shall be approved by the State Game 
Warden. 

Sec. 37. Printing Game Licenses and 
Certificates. The sum of one thousand 
tlve hundred dollars, or so much there- 
of as may be necessary, is hereby ap- 
propriated out of any funds in the State 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for printing game licenses and certifi- 
cates pursuant to the provisions of Sec- 
tion 2783 of the Compiled Statutes of 

1910, for the two years ending March 
31, 1917. [See also p. 41.] 

Sec. 38. Attorneys' Fees — Game De- 
partment. The sum of one thousand 
dollars, or so much thereof as may be 
necessary, is hereby appropriated out 
of any funds in the State Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for payment of 
Attorneys' Fees in the Game Depart- 
ment pursuant to the provisions of Sec- 
tion 11, Chapter 66 of the Laws of 

1911, for the two years ending March 
31, 1917. [See p. 7.] 

Repeal. 

Sections 2728, 2757, and 2759, Wyo- 
ming Compiled Statutes, 1910, were 
repealed by Sec. 25, Ch. 66, S. L. 1911. 

Sections 2796, 2799, and 2820, W. 
C. S., 1910, by Sec. 5, Ch. 118, S. L. 
1913. 

Sec. 2777, W. C. S., 1910, by Sec. 
45, Ch. 121, S. L. 1913. 
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Sections 2741, 2742, 2749, 2761, 
2767, 2768, 2783, 2784, 2787, 2808, 
2809, and 2811, W. C. S., 1910, and 
Sections 6, 21, 22 and 24 of Chapter 
66, S. L. 1911, and Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 
9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 
24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 
36, 37, 38 and 42 of Chapter 121, S. 
L. 1913, by Sec. 42, Ch. 91, S. L. 
1915. 



FIRES. 
Sec. 5817. Burning Property. Who- 
ever maliciously or wantonly sets fire 
to any woods, or to anything growing 
or being upon any prairie or grounds, 
not his own property; or maliciously or 
wantonly permits any fire to pass from 
his own prairie or grounds, to the in- 
jury or destruction of any property 
not his own, shall be fined not more 
than one hundred dollars, to which may 
be added imprisonment in the county 
jail not exceeding thirty days. 

Sec. 5818. Neglect to Extinguish 
Fires. Any person or persons who shall 
light a fire for any purpose, in any 
woods or on any prairie in this state 
and who shall leave the vicinity of such 
fire without extinguishing the same 
shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and, upon conviction thereof 
shall be punished by a fine, not less 
than ten dollars and not . exceeding 
one hundred dollars, or by imprison- 
ment in the county jail not less than 
ten days and not exceeding thirty days, 
or by both such fine and imprisonment. 
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INDEX 



Alien's license 23 

Antelope protected l5 

Appropriations. 
Exchange of game 

(Annual) $ 4,000.00 4 

Feed (Annual) 5,000.00 5 

Hyattville Hatch- 
ery 5,000.00 n 

Laramie Hatchery 284.15 7 5 

Prosecutions 

(Annual) 2,000.00 5l 

Supplies (Annual) 1,000.00 41 

Salaries, etc., 

Game 54,300.00 T7, 79 

Fish 19,000.00 n, 79 

Assistant and Deputy Wardens. 

Appointment. Salary 8 

Reports 7 

Bond 10, 12 

List filed with Governor ll 

Arrest without warrant 10, 45 

Issue licenses 12 

Attorney — employed 7 

Fees — appropriation 79 

B 

Page 

Bear hunter's license 18 

Beaver. Protected. Permit 3 7 

Shipment of hides 26 

Birds. Protection of 53 

Eggs 54 



Scientific use 54 

Permit to collect 54, 55 

Not protected 55 

(See also Game Birds.) 

Bonds. Ass't Wardens 10 

Justices. Assistants and Deputies_l2 

Guide 30 

Fish Commissioner 57 

Hatcliery Dist. Supt 59 

Buffalo protected 38 





Page 

Capture of game 34 

Certificates. Collection of birds 54, 55 
Clerk, Warden's. — Appointment, 

Salary 9 

Contamination of streams 66 

County Clerk. List of justices 40 

County Commissioners — appoint 

wardens 44 

Distribution of fish 60 



D 

Page 

Dams 64, 65 

Deer — open season • 16 

Number allowed 17, 18 

Deputies. (See also Assistant.) 

Without pay 11 

Destruction of game 38 

Distribution of game 4 

Of fish 60 

Ditch owners to protect fish 74 

Dogs, use of 42 

Ducks and Geese. (See also Game 

Birds.) 

Open season 13 

82 



E 

Page 

Elk. Where may be hunted 16 

Open season 16 

Damaging personal property \7 

Number allowed 18 

Exchange of game animals 4 

Explosives in streams, prohibited 67 



F 

Page 

Feed for game. Purchase of 5 

Fees for issuing licenses 33 

Fines, disposition of 24, 45 

Fires 80 

Fish — Game, defined S3 

Amount allowed . 63 

Closed season, Fremont Co 63 

Commercial culture 69, 71 

Distribution of 60 

Ditch owners to protect 74 

For scientific purposes 60 

Obstructing free passage 64 

Sale of 69, 71 

Seining 69, 71 

Small, not to be caught 66 

Transportation 62 

Wardens 44, 6i 

Fishing, lawful 68, 71 

License, non-residents 22 

Aliens 23 

Fish Commissioner 55 

Appointment, duties, etc 56 

Fish Hatchery. Districts 58 

Superintendents 58, 59 

Laramie 75, 76 

Hyattville 76 

Saratoga 75 

83 



6 

Page 

Game — Animals and fish defined 53 

Capture of 34 

Destruction 38 

Distribution 4 

Fund, defined 53 

Killed in another state 29 

Number allowed 18 

Photographing 35 

Preserves — excepted 46 

Boundaries 46 

Hunting prohibited 49 

Sale and shipment 25, 29 

Specimens defined 25 

Tags 25, 27 

Game Birds — (See also Ducks, Grouse, 
etc.) 

Defined 54 

Number allowed 14 

Open season 13 

Game Commission 3 

Powers and duties 3, 6 

Game Warden, Appointment, etc 6 

Reports — Attorney 7 

Salary and contingent 8 

Arrest without warrant 10 

County Wardens 44 

Grouse, number permitted 14 

Guides — certificates, reports, duties_29 
Non-residents require 31 

H 

Page 

Hatcheries. (See Fish Hatchery.) 
Justices of the Peace. List, supplies_40 

Reports 27 

Lawful fishing 68, 71 

Licenses. Alien's Gun and Fish 23 

Bear hunters 18 

84 



Birds, for science 54 

Dog 42 

Failure to produce 19 

Form prescribed by warden 25 

Fees for issuing . 33 

Fisli. Non-resident and Alien 22, 23 

Issued by whom 12 

Moose special 15, 21, 22 

Non-resident gunner's 21 

Predatory animals 50 

Required 18, 25 

Resident hunter and bird 19 

Special 20 

Seining . 69, 71 

Trappers 5l 

M 

Page 

Moneys remitted to state treasurer_32 

Moose- — protected 15 

Special license 15, 21, 22 

Number allowed 18 

Mountain sheep. Number allowed 18 

Open season 16 

Where may be hunted 16 

Muffler, use prohibited 52 

N 

Page 

Neglect of duty — Warden et al 11 

Non-residents — license 21 

Must have guides 31 



Page 

Open season, birds 13 

Fish, Fremont Co 63 

Game animals 16 

Ownership of game in State 3 

85 



p 

Page 

Permits — Beaver 37 

Capture game 34 

Photograph game 3 5 

Scientific institutes 3 

Taxidermists 4 

Trappers Si 

Pheasants protected 14 

Photographing game 35 

Poisons prohibited 67 

Possession of game, when unlawful_29 

Predatory wild animals 42, 5o 

Preserves — (See Game Preserves.) 

Private waters protected 75 

Prosecution — Witness fees 50 

OflFense on boundary 65 

Where commenced 65 

Q 

Piit,'C 

Quail protected 14 

R 

Page 

Repeal of statutes 79 

Reports, Waiden, Assts., Deputies'- 7 

Justice of the Peace 27 

Fish Commissioner 56 

Hatchery Dist. Supt 58 

Taxidermists 3 9 

Reward 5 



Page 

Sage-hens, season and number 14 

Salaries, how paid 10 

Sale of game 25, 29 

Of fish . 62, 69, 71 

86 



Scientific institutes, permits 3 

Searcii, Right to 24, 45 

Seines, Use of 69, 71 

Shipment. (See Sale, and Transporta- 
tion.) 

Silencers prohibited 52 

Specimens. Game, defined 25 

State Game Commission, etc. (See 
Game Commission, etc.) 

Streams. Contamination of 66 

Stocked 60 

Supt. of Public Instruction, Duty 54 

Surplus game. Disposition of 5 

Swan protected 15 

T 

Page 

Tags, game 25, 27 

Taxidermist — Permits 4 

Reports 39 

Tags 25, 27 

Tiansportation — Of fish 62, 63 

Of game 25, 27, 40 

Trapper's permit 5l 

Trapping game animals 13 

Trespass 43 

w 

Page 

Warden — (See Game Warden.) 

Wardens, County 44 

Fish 61 

Witness fees 5l 



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J. Lenihan Laramie 

Stale Fish Commissioner 

John Baillie Laramie 

Supt. Fish Hatchery Dist. No, l 

Fred W. Cooper Story 

Supt. Fish Hatchery Dist. No. 2 



State Fish Hatcheries are located at 
Laramie and Story. The establishment 
of a third hatchery, to be located at 
Hyattville, wa$ authorized by the legis- 
lature in 1915. 

A U. S. Hatchery is located at Sara- 
;of:;a. 



The numerous streams and lakes of 
Wyoming, all of which are adapted to 
the rapid development of the trout 
species, are stocked with rainbow, 
steel-head, brown, eastern brook, and 
black spotted mountain trout and gray- 
ling. These furnish sport and recre- 
ation to any persons who avail them- 
selves of the opportunity to cast a fly 
or troll a spinner. 

JNO. J. LENIHAN, 
State Fish Commissioner. 



